Coming-of-age novel about two boys who fall in love in a writing class—one from a progressive
family and the other from a conservative religious community. Three years ago Tanner
Scott’s family relocated from California to Utah a move that nudged the bisexual teen
temporarily back into the closet. Now with one semester of high school to go and no obstacles
between him and out-of-state college freedom Tanner plans to coast through his remaining
classes and clear out of Utah. But when his best friend Autumn dares him to take Provo
High’s prestigious Seminar—where honor roll students diligently toil to draft a book in a
semester—Tanner can’t resist going against his better judgment and having a go if only to
prove to Autumn how silly the whole thing is. Writing a book in four months sounds simple. Four
months is an eternity. It turns out Tanner is only partly right: four months is a long
time. After all it takes only one second for him to notice Sebastian Brother the Mormon
prodigy who sold his own Seminar novel the year before and who now mentors the class. And it
takes less than a month for Tanner to fall completely in love with him. * Christina Lauren is
the combined pen name of long-time writing partners Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The
coauthor duo write both Young Adult and Adult Fiction and together have produced nine New York
Times bestselling novels including Beautiful Bastard and Sweet Filthy Boy . * Tanner' s
voice is humorous compelling and just snarky enough to make him insanely compelling. Teens
will relate to his charm and fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants attitude as well as his
insecurities and vulnerability. * While Autoboyography isn' t exactly a coming out story
it is about Tanner checking and understanding his privilege as a gay kid from a progressive
family in Provo Utah. Tanner slowly comes to see the world is far more complicated than he
realized—even when he grew up with the evidence of it right in front of his face. * This book
has moments of laugh-out-loud hilarity but it also tackles serious topics important to
teens—young gay teens in particular—making for a perfect balanced read.
