Something Like Right

Black Caucus of the American Library Association 2025 Children & Youth Literary Award

“An original setting for a highly relatable and memorable story about first love and second chances.” -Kirkus“Zay’s candid and illuminating first-person narrative reveals a caring teen who makes bad decisions but who ultimately survives his junior year, making this a hopeful, uplifting story even during his darkest hours…will surely resonate with readers who love Elizabeth Acevedo’s With the Fire on High (2019).” -Booklist

“Incredible heart, incredible voice, incredible story, H.D.’s Something Like Right has it all!” -Nick Brooks, author of Promise Boys

“Hunter is clearly an expert at illustrating how love, in all its different shades, are important to finding your way through. –Taylor Byas, author of I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times, coeditor of Poemhood: Our Black Revival

”Hunter manages to capture the intensity of young love with care while delicately weaving in social issues that ground the story in sometimes difficult truths.” –Jamie Jo Hoang, author of My Father, the Panda Killer and Blue Sun, Yellow Sky

Hugh “H.D.” Hunter is a storyteller, teaching artist, and community organizer from Atlanta. He’s also the winner of several indie book awards for multicultural fiction. Hugh is committed to stories about Black kids and their many expansive worlds. He loves vegan snacks, basketball, and stories that make you cry-but make you smile afterward. Follow Hugh at @hd_tsd.