"It's a mordantly funny story of a teenager bumbling headlong into love and sex while caught in high-school limbo, waiting for life to kick into gear."--Publishers Weekly
"An engaging, character-driven piece."--Kirkus Reviews
"Leon is a likable narrator full of real-world worries and flaws."--School Library Journal
"Timelessly true to life...A diabolically funny, slacker-makes-good coming-of-age story in the tradition of Rob Thomas's Rats Saw God(1996)."--Booklist
* "This coming-of-age story is hilariously subversive but also tender and poignant as Leon learns to have faith in himself again...This will be just the right book for those senior high students who love Seth McFarlane."--VOYA Reviews, STARRED review
"Play Me Backwards is the funniest, oh man...it is so freaking great." - Josh Berk--Josh Berk, author of The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin
A committed slacker enlists the help of his best friend (who may or may not be the devil) to get his act together in this “timelessly true to life” (Booklist) novel filled with humor, awkwardness, and honesty, ideal for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Leon Harris isn’t exceptional and he isn’t popular. He’s the kind of guy that peaked in middle school, when once upon a time he was in the “gifted” program and on the fast track to Ivy League glory.
Now, a high school senior, he’s a complete slacker who spends his time hanging out in a third-rate ice cream parlor with his best friend, Stan, a guy who (jokingly, Leon thinks) claims to be Satan. Committed to his sloth, Leon panics when he finds out that Anna, the love of his life aka middle school girlfriend, might be moving back to town.
Determined to get his act together, Leon asks Stan for help. Stan gives him a few seemingly random and mysterious assignments. Date a popular girl. Listen to Moby-Dick, the audiobook. Find the elusive white grape slushee. Join the yearbook committee.
As each task brings Leon one step away from slacker city and one step closer to Anna, he starts to wonder if maybe he shouldn’t have promised Stan his soul after all...
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