Atta in his beautiful and poignant way manages to capture the difficult emotions of being a teenager. Identity, sexuality, friendship, acceptance, family…just basically growing up as a teenager. Once again, Atta touched on so many themes in this compelling coming of age story that are perfectly relatable to a teenage audience. It’s safe to say that his latest, Only On The Weekends did not disappoint. I wanted to see what creative and inspirational stories that Atta would come up with. The Black Flamingo touched and moved me in so many ways that it is a book that I recommend all time, two years after reading it the first time. When I heard that Dean Atta was coming out, I immediately pre-ordered my copy. Fin seems fearless-and his confidence could just be infectious. Then Mack meets actor Finlay on set, and the world turns upside down again.

It’s awful to be so far away from Karim, and it’s made worse by the fact that Karim can be so hard to read. Mack has had a crush on Karim for as long as he can remember and he can’t believe it when gorgeous, popular Karim seems into him too.īut when Mack’s father takes on a new directing project in Scotland, Mack has to move away, and soon discovers how painful long-distance relationships can be.

Genre: Young Adult, LGBTQ Romance, Coming of Age, Novels in Verseįifteen-year-old Mack is a hopeless romantic-likely a hazard of growing up on film sets thanks to his father’s job. Publisher: Balzer + Bray (UK: Hodder Children’s Books)

Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta