{"product_id":"9780702348211","title":"Noah Can't Even (NE)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Simon James Green\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 14 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 12 March 2026 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 26mm | 256g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A riotous, real-feeling debut' - The\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuardian Poor Noah Grimes!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis father disappeared years ago, his mother's Beyonce tribute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eact is an unacceptable embarrassment, and his beloved gran\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis no longer herself. He only has one friend, Harry, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eschool is... Well, it's pure hell. Why can't Noah be normal, like\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeveryone else at school? Maybe if he struck up a romantic relationship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith someone - maybe Sophie, who is perfect and lovely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- he'd be seen in a different light? But Noah's plans are derailed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen Harry kisses him at a party. That's when things\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ego from bad to utter chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the UK's leading writers of LGBTQ+ teen fiction, Simon James Green\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis the author of Alex in Wonderland, Gay Club and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoah Can't Even books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A perfect next read for fans of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeartstoppers and Adam Silvera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoah Can't Even was Longlisted for the Branford Boase\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward, won the Wirral Paperback of the Year, was shortlisted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor the Leeds Book Awards and got Bronze in the Amazing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook Awards!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon's book You're The One That I Want won\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Bristol Teen Book Award 2022 \u0026amp; has been shortlisted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor the YA Book Award in association with Edinburgh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternational Book Festival 2022    MORE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR NOAH CAN'T EVEN 'I loved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoah's voice: warm, loveable, awkward'. The Bookseller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Slapstick but wonderfully funny' Jewish Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A debut I very much loved' Juno Dawson, author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof The Gender Games and role model for Stonewall UK 'Sweet,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebarmy, charming, unexpectedly romantic delight of a YA novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI smiled the whole way through.' Lisa Williamson, author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof The Art of Being Normal 'A riotous, real-feeling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYA debut' - The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon James Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57418913644869,"sku":"9780702348211","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780702348211.jpg?v=1773833043","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780702348211","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}