**Winner of the 2021 Alberta Literary Awards' George Bugnet Award for Fiction** **Shortlisted for the 2021 ReLit Award for Fiction** ***An exciting debut novel told in connected short stories that captures the diverse and complicated networks of people who stretch our communities—sometimes farthe
A Different Kind of Brave
✍ Scribed by Lee Wind
- Book ID
- 112852331
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Year
- 2024
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 508 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781641609524
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
"Thrilling. Positively thrilling." —Kirkus Reviews
Nicolas "Nico" Hall is sixteen when he escapes from Dr. H's religious gay reprogramming institute in California. On his own, he assumes one identity after another to avoid recapture as he flees south to Peru and then to Mexico.
Seven days older than Nico, Samuel "Sam" Jonas Solomon is a privileged Upper West Side only child who idolizes James Bond. When his heart is broken, he vows that, like Bond, he's never going to trust in love again. Then he meets Nico, and his heart won't listen to any logic.
Nico's survived by living only for himself—until his love for Sam has him risking his freedom for others. And as much as Sam wants to be like 007, he discovers that James Bond is a terrible role model.
Together, Nico and Sam set out to free the other teens trapped in Dr. H's Institute, plunging readers into perils, drama, and a long-shot chance at love. To succeed, they'll both...
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