The Black Flamingo was a top-selling debut of 2020 and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize, CILIP Carnegie Medal, The Jhalak Prize and The YA Book Prize. Named as one of poetrys greatest modern voices (Gay Times). Publisher: Hachette Children's Group ISBN: 9781444969030 Number of pages: 368 Weight: 41 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm You may also be interested in. Dean Atta is the author of YA novels-in-verse The Black Flamingo and Only on the Weekends. How long until he tells Karim - and when will his old life and new life collide? Then, when Mack meets actor Finlay on a film set, he experiences something powerful, a feeling like love at first sight. The son of a film director, Mack grows up on set and into a hopeless romantic, one who falls hard for the handsome and popular Karim, who eventually notices him back, right before Mack has to relocate to Scotland. It's horrible being so far away from Karim, but the worst part is that Karim doesn't make the effort to visit. He has liked Karim for as long as he can remember, and is ecstatic when Karim becomes his boyfriend - it feels like love.īut when Mack's dad gets a job on a film in Scotland, Mack has to move, and soon he discovers how painful love can be. He is a member of Malika’s Poetry Kitchen and a patron of LGBT+ History Month. Will he choose Karim or Finlay? And can true love last for ever? A must-read queer love story for fans of Sarah Crossan and Sex Education, written in verse by Dean Atta.įifteen-year-old Mack is a hopeless romantic - he blames the films he's grown up watching. Interview with Author Dean Atta Geeks OUT by Michele Kirichanskaya Interview with Author Dean Atta Dean Atta is a British author from London. Mack never thought he'd find love, but now two boys want to be with him.

Only on the Weekends by Dean Atta