I Can't Even Think Straight

Eloquent, layered coming-of-age verse novel * The Guardian *A clever title, and a story written in verse, I Can’t Even Think Straight can be read in one single sitting, but will sit with you for much longer * United by Pop *Dean Atta has once again delivered a powerful, emotional YA novel in verse that makes the reader feel they are peeking into someone’s diary…this is a very sweet, sometimes raw YA * LoveReading4Kids *Eloquent, layered coming-of-age verse novel * The Guardian *

Dean Atta is the author of YA novels-in-verse The Black Flamingo and Only on the Weekends. Named as ‘one of poetry’s greatest modern voices’ (Gay Times). The Black Flamingo was a top-selling debut of 2020 and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, CILIP Carnegie Medal, The Jhalak Prize and The YA Book Prize. The Black Flamingo was also awarded the prestigious Stonewall Book Award and the Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice Award 2020, and sold to the US in a five-way publisher auction.