Noah Can't Even (NE)

Author(s): Green, Simon James
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 12/03/2026,
Pagination: 320 pages,
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780702348211,
Description:

  'A riotous, real-feeling debut' - The

Guardian Poor Noah Grimes!

His father disappeared years ago, his mother's Beyonce tribute

act is an unacceptable embarrassment, and his beloved gran

is no longer herself. He only has one friend, Harry, and

school is... Well, it's pure hell. Why can't Noah be normal, like

everyone else at school? Maybe if he struck up a romantic relationship

with someone - maybe Sophie, who is perfect and lovely

- he'd be seen in a different light? But Noah's plans are derailed

when Harry kisses him at a party. That's when things

go from bad to utter chaos.

One

of the UK's leading writers of LGBTQ+ teen fiction, Simon James Green

is the author of Alex in Wonderland, Gay Club and the

Noah Can't Even books.

A perfect next read for fans of

Heartstoppers and Adam Silvera

Noah Can't Even was Longlisted for the Branford Boase

Award, won the Wirral Paperback of the Year, was shortlisted

for the Leeds Book Awards and got Bronze in the Amazing

Book Awards!

Simon's book You're The One That I Want won

the Bristol Teen Book Award 2022 & has been shortlisted

for the YA Book Award in association with Edinburgh

International Book Festival 2022   MORE

PRAISE FOR NOAH CAN'T EVEN 'I loved

Noah's voice: warm, loveable, awkward'. The Bookseller

'Slapstick but wonderfully funny' Jewish Chronicle

'A debut I very much loved' Juno Dawson, author

of The Gender Games and role model for Stonewall UK 'Sweet,

barmy, charming, unexpectedly romantic delight of a YA novel.

I smiled the whole way through.' Lisa Williamson, author

of The Art of Being Normal 'A riotous, real-feeling

YA debut' - The Guardian