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Hold Me Closer
Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story | David Levithan
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TIMEMagazines Top Ten Childrens Books of 2015"Tiny Cooper stole our hearts." Entertainment WeeklyEspecially for those of us who ordinarily feel ignored, a spotlight is a circle of magic, with the strength to draw us from the darkness of our everyday lives. Watch out, ex-boyfriends, and get out of the way, homophobic coaches. Tiny Cooper has something to sayand hes going to say it in song.Filled with honesty, humor, and big, lively, belty musical numbers, Hold Me Closer is the no-holds-barred (and many-bars-held) entirety of the beloved musical first introduced in Will Grayson, Will Grayson, the award-winning bestseller by John Green and David Levithan.Tiny Cooper is finally taking center stage . . . and the world will never be the same again.Tinywill have readers falling out of their chairs laughing. . . . It's big. It's gay. It's outrageous and hilarious. Kirkus Reviews?"Levithan has turned in another star turn with a book that iswitty, wise, and well worthy of an encore."Booklist,starredreview?"Tinys passion for composing a big, beautiful life and a big, beautiful show overflows in thisthoroughly magicalbook.BCCB, starred review?"Tiny Cooper . . . gets his own star turn." Publishers Weekly, starred reviewFrom the Hardcover edition.
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emz711

I have 5 books checked out from the library because my boss keep coming in! How will I catch up?!

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MatchlessMarie
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I liked this one even better than Will Grayson, Will Grayson which it is supposed to be a companion to, although you really do need to have read that one first to appreciate this one. The stage directions were my favorite. Tiny Cooper is a gem. #scarathlon #teamslaughter #BookSpinBingo +6 pts

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This stage direction though 😅

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🖤🖤🖤

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MatchlessMarie
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Book light doesn‘t get much action these days but it‘s one of those nights 🦉

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MatchlessMarie
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#Readathon Spine Story #deweyaug

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Cortg
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This is a companion book to Will Grayson, Will Grayson. In WGWG, Tiny Cooper has written a musical about his gay life and produces/performs it as the school‘s spring musical. Hold Me Closer is the script for the musical. The script is hilarious and it really shows the audience what it is like to be Tiny Cooper. I would totally get tickets to see it if someone put the lyrics to music and produced it 😍 I thought this book was very clever.

Megabooks So glad you enjoyed it!! 4y
Cortg Thanks @Megabooks ! 4y
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Cortg
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I‘m looking forward to starting this tonight! Thanks @Megabooks for letting me know it existed! My daughter claims dibs on it when I‘m done ❤️

Megabooks Yay! I hope you both enjoy it! 4y
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Sue
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Here's a pile of books about #youngamericans

The top one is the tagged book - I love how shiny it is! I got it signed by David Levithan at the writers festival last year and he was a delight.

#septembowie

Marchpane Awesome stack! Extra points for a rad Elton John earworm 👍 7y
Cinfhen Awesome choices #YA 💚 7y
Sue @Marchpane Yisss! Extra points for me! 😊 7y
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Hold Me Closer is one of the funniest books I've read and it is a new favorite for me! Hold Me Closer follows Tiny Cooper, a gay black teen who finds friends and acceptance in the first act(it is written throughout stage directions and dialogue with songs) and in the second, tries to find 'love' through many ex-boyfriends. This book is a companion to Will Grayson, Will Grayson(Levithan and John Green) This book is hilarious and a great light-read!

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Sue
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My Pi k for @Cinfhen 's #lyricalapril #bittersweetsymphony prompt. Hold me Closer is the musical from Will Grayson, Will Grayson written in full. It's wonderful. I picked up this copy and got it signed last year at the Brisbane Bookfest. (The cover is sooooo shiny I couldn't make the photo work.)

Cinfhen Sounds wonderful, just read my first Levithan and loved it! Need to check this out! 8y
Zelma Yes!!! I have a signed copy as well. 😍👍 8y
Zelma @Cinfhen make sure you read it after Will Grayson, Will Grayson. It won't make sense otherwise. 8y
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Cinfhen Thanks @Zelma 💜 8y
Zelma @Cinfhen no problem! Which one did you read? I can't remember. 8y
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Oh, I can relate to that. 😂

LauraBeth 😂😂 8y
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I knew that Levithan's style of writing is different and kind of weird from other writers but this one was super weird and I kind of don't know what to think about. Well, still it was a nice chance to meet my favourite characters from Will Grayson, will grayson. :) #lgbt #weirdbook #davidlevithan

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Sue
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If you loved Will Grayson, Will Grayson, or just feel like reading a big, gay musical with a lot of heart, this is for you. Tiny is big and gay But his love life is very confusing for him. This is his musical interpretation of his life. It's fabulous!!

WanderingBookaneer I loved Tiny in WG,WG and was so afraid that it would disappoint. You just bumped this up to 1st place in my TBR pile. 8y
Sue @JaimitaPR I hope you enjoy it! I only wish there was an audio version of it - I'm sure it would be amazing. 8y
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Brisbane is a bit of a cultural backwater, but we do have a writers festival in September each year. I'm totally stoked that the 'Love YA' portion of the festival is featuring Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufmann and David Levithan. I'm also pretty stoked I have an appropriately aged child I can drag along, so I can pretend I'm going for her, when in reality I'm waaaay more excited than she is. Squeeee!!

ramyasbookshelf That's so exciting! 8y
BookishFeminist That's awesome! 8y
MrBook Nice! I've heard of them all 😁👍🏻. 8y
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EnidBiteEm Surely a good reason to have children 😂 8y
Sue @EnidBiteEm it's certainly one of them. My number 1 would be housework (age appropriate of course) with kids movies and cool toys factoring in as well. 😂 8y
EnidBiteEm And let's not forget jumping /bouncy castles, when the child is under 3 and 'must be accompanied by a parent' 😂 8y
Zelma David Levithan! 👍👏😍 8y
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Zelma
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Highly recommend but only for fans of Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. This is a supplemental book of the musical that one of the characters works on during the novel. However, it is just as brilliant and heartbreaking and fabulous as that character, Tiny Cooper. I was making up melodies and singing along to it, and imagining the ridiculous choreography. ❤️

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Everyone is excited about a boy wizard today but I am geeking out on Tiny Cooper tonight!

brendanmleonard Love your enthusiasm! 8y
Zelma @brendanmleonard Tiny Cooper inspires a lot of enthusiasm! He's an over-the-top character so I felt the need to muster ample enthusiasm. 😂 8y
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Joanne1 I've got a group of 13-14 year old students absolutely addicted to everything David Levithan writes. I really must get reading them too. 8y
Megabooks @Joanne1 I've read most of his books and enjoyed them all. 8y
AliceInWonderLibrary This is only the 2nd I have read of his work that wasn't a collaboration but this is a great follow up to Will Grayson, Will Grayson that he wrote with John Green. 8y
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