Meet Luis. He's out, he's proud ... and, although he doesn't know it yet, he's about to travel back in time to save a closeted student called Chaz from a tragic end. All Luis Gonzalez really wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend. But when a hit on the head knocks him back in time to 1985, he finds himself in high school with his own parents and a whole lot of homophobia. It turns out a Christian school in the 1980s probably isn't the safest place to be a gay kid. Soon, Luis is in over his head trying to untangle the mess he's in, figure how to save Chaz ... and somehow get home to his own time. Get ready for an irresistible YA novel that puts an Own Voices twist on Back to the Future. Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli and Casey McQuiston, this hilarious, intersectional time-slip adventure will make you laugh, cry and think.

本作は名作映画の構造を鮮やかに換骨奪胎し、クィアな視点から歴史と自己アイデンティティを問い直す野心作です。デヴィッド・ヴァルデスが紡ぐ主人公の語り口は瑞々しく、現代の解放感と1980年代の宗教的閉塞感の対比が、単なるエンターテインメントを超えた鋭い文学的葛藤として立ち上がっています。 交差性を軸に、人種や信仰の壁に翻弄される若者たちの孤独に深く寄り添う筆致は圧巻です。過去を救おうとする冒険譚の裏側に、自分らしく生きるための覚悟と、時代を超えて手渡される連帯の熱いメッセージが凝縮されています。読後、あなたの心には、未来を変えるための柔らかな勇気が灯るはずです。