She disowns Connor at the end of the novel as well, leaving him to fend for himself on the streets for a few days.
Abusive Parents: Connor's mother, since divorcing his father has been emotionally abusive towards Connor, bordering on emotional neglect as she becomes a religious zealot and spends her time trying to get on Reverend Packard's good side and hangs on his every word.Spoilers are marked, but as this novel is a thriller, it's recommended to not read this page until after you finished reading the book. As he uncovers the truth, he must work to bring it to light and free his fellow LGBTQ campers and bring them home. Once at the camp, Connor quickly realizes that he and the other queer kids are not safe, and he becomes embroiled in a sinister conspiracy that has been going on for decades. His mother takes drastic action, arranging for him to be "kidnapped" and taken to Nightlight, a conversion therapy camp in Costa Rica, with the goal of "fixing" her gay son. This is his first novel.Ĭonnor Major has recently come out to his ultra-religious mother, but her response is far from supportive. Surrender Your Sons is his first novel.Surrender Your Sons is a Young Adult thriller novel published in 2020 by author Adam Sass. When he’s not dropping hot takes on Twitter, Adam is a recurring co-host on the popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer podcast Slayerfest98. (He’s sorry it distracted him from making your latte.) Though he was raised in an Illinois farm town, his desire for a creative career took him to Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and currently, North Carolina, where he lives with his husband and dachshunds. About the AuthorĪdam Sass began writing books in Sharpie on the backs of Starbucks pastry bags. But first, he’s exposing the camp’s horrible truths for what they are-and taking this place down.
Connor plans to escape and bring the other kidnapped teens with him. At Nightlight, everyone has something to hide-from the campers to the “converted” staff and cagey camp director-and it quickly becomes clear that no one is safe. His final destination: Nightlight Ministries, a conversion therapy camp that will be his new home until he “changes.”īut Connor’s troubles are only beginning. His SAT scores bombed, the old man he delivers meals to died, and when he came out to his religious zealot mother, she had him kidnapped and shipped off to a secluded island. A blend of Lost and Lord of the Flies … just with gay teenagers taking the horrors of the world head on.Ī 2020 Booklist Top 10 First Novels for Youth selectionĪ 2020 Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Books selectionĪ 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Bronze Winner, Young Adult FictionĬonnor Major’s summer break is turning into a nightmare. Surrender Your Sons is an LGBTQ+ YA mystery / thriller that expertly blends together humor, horror, and heart, in a wholly unique read like no other.
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