But first, he’s exposing the camp’s horrible truths for what they are-and taking this place down. Connor Major’s summer break is turning into a nightmare. His debut YA novel, SURRENDER YOUR SONS, was named a best book of the year by Kirkus and Foreword INDIES, best first novel for young readers by ALA Booklist. 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.Ĭonnor plans to escape and bring the other kidnapped teens with him. Read 666 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. A blend of Lost and Lord of the Flies just with gay teenagers taking the horrors of the world head on. His final destination: Nightlight Ministries, a conversion therapy camp that will be his new home until he “changes.”īut Connor’s troubles are only beginning. Surrender Your Sons is an LGBTQ+ YA mystery / thriller that expertly blends together humor, horror, and heart, in a wholly unique read like no other.
His SAT scores bombed, the old man he delivered meals to died, and when he came out to his religious zealot mother, she had him kidnapped and shipped off to a secluded island. Surrender Your Sons speaks to our youth in this thrilling, relatable, adventure story.Ĭonnor Major’s summer break is turning into a nightmare. So many of us in the LGBTQ+ community spent decades of our lives searching in vain for relatable queer content, and now it’s here. We are finally in a time where queer authors are writing stories for queer audiences. Born Perfect is proud to support and partner with Adam Sass on his debut novel, Surrender Your Sons, a riveting thriller that features a young gay man taken against his will to a religious conversion therapy camp on an island. Adam Sass’ powerful new novel Surrender Your Sons centers the damaging practice of conversion therapy through the story of Conor, a gay teenager in Illinois.
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