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ABOUT SURRENDER YOUR SONS

Surrender Your Sons is an LGBTQ+ YA mystery/thriller that expertly blends humor, horror, and heart, in a wholly unique read like no other. A mix of Lost and Lord of the Flies … just with gay teenagers taking the horrors of the world head on.

Connor Major’s summer break is turning into a nightmare. 

His SAT scores bombed, the old man he delivers meals to died, and when he came out to his religious zealot mother, she had him kidnapped and shipped off to a secluded island. His final destination: Nightlight Ministries, a conversion therapy camp that will be his new home until he “changes.” But Connor’s troubles are only beginning. At Nightlight, everyone has something to hide—from the campers to the “converted” staff and cagey camp director—and it quickly becomes clear that no one is safe. Connor plans to escape and bring the other kidnapped teens with him. But first, he’s exposing the camp’s horrible truths for what they are—and taking this place down.

WANT THE FREE PREQUEL TO SURRENDER YOUR SONS?

Download the ebook of THE SEARCH FOR DREW SCHREIBER to join Evelyn Schreiber’s hunt for her nephew, Drew, who vanished mysteriously after coming out. Her journey will bring her around the world, ending at a mysterious island where SURRENDER YOUR SONS begins…

PRAISE FOR SURRENDER YOUR SONS

A 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist, Young Adult Fiction 

A 2020 Booklist Top 10 First Novels for Youth selection

A 2020 Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Books selection

Notable selection - ALA’s Rainbow Book List 2022

Gold Medal Winner for YA Fiction - 2020 IPPY Awards

“I cried and laughed and found so many versions of myself in these pages.”—Garrard Conley, New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased

"Hard to read story, hard-to-stop-reading writing."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"An impressive, dynamic, and riveting debut!"—Booklist, starred review

"Messages about struggles with internalized homophobia and the world’s treatment of those who are different ring true."—Publisher's Weekly

"A must-have for high school collections that are looking to provide representation for all their students, especially those experiencing pain in their journey of coming out."—School Library Journal