From lauded writer David Valdes, a sharp and funny YA novel that's Back to the Future with a twist, as a gay teen travels back to his parents' era to save a closeted classmate's life. All Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his “progressive” high school still doesn't allow. Not after what happened with Chaz Wilson. But that was ages ago, when Luis's parents were in high school; it would never happen today, right? He's determined to find a way to give his LGBTQ friends the respect they deserve (while also not risking his chance to be prom king, just saying...). When a hit on the head knocks him back in time to 1985 and he meets the doomed young Chaz himself, Luis concocts a new plan-he's going to give this guy his first real kiss. Though it turns out a conservative school in the '80s isn't the safest place to be a gay kid. Especially with homophobes running the campus, including Gordo (aka Luis's estranged father). Luis is in over his head, trying not to make things worse-and hoping he makes it back to present day at all. In a story that's fresh, intersectional, and wickedly funny, David Valdes introduces a big-mouthed, big-hearted, queer character that readers won't soon forget.

デヴィッド・バルデスが放つ本作は、懐古的なタイムトラベルの枠を超え、クィアのアイデンティティと歴史の継承という重厚なテーマを瑞々しく描き出しています。自信家で繊細なルイスの造形は、現代の偽善と80年代の差別を鋭く対比させ、私たちが歩んできた道のりの険しさと尊さを鮮烈に浮き彫りにします。 特筆すべきは、若き日の父との邂逅を通じた家族の絆と赦しの物語です。ラテン系クィアの視点から紡がれる言葉は、軽妙なユーモアの中にも切実な響きを湛え、過去を変えることが今の自分を救うカタルシスを提示します。運命に抗うルイスの情熱は、読者の心に消えない火を灯すことでしょう。