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Clementine H. Hopeful Is Not a Hero
Amid magic and monsters, a queer seventh-grader discovers a world where he can be himself but has...
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Amid magic and monsters, a queer seventh-grader discovers a world where he can be himself but has to decide if he will fight for it...even if it means becoming the villain. "Clementine's story is part Peter Pan, part Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, part Coraline, and at the same time wholly unique."
--Kirkus Reviews Clementine has always felt like the villain of his story. Most of the time, he's a socially anxious kid who knows it's not "normal" for a boy to wear pink shoes to school. While he's there, his teachers won't call him by the right name (even though Clementine is a boy's name, if a boy has it), his classmates tease him about his obsessive love for spiders (even though they're beautiful), and he's the only one who can see the floating faces that haunt the surrounding woods. But all that changes when a boy named Beetle breaks through his bedroom window and warns him about monsters. Soon, Clementine is drawn into a world of magic and imagination. Every night in the woods, everything he and his new friends Beetle, Cricket, and Anise spend hours in a play-pretend world that seems to be seeping into reality. Clementine has never had a friend like Beetle--a boy who teaches him to howl at the moon, who dreams of being a hero and says the whole sky is beautiful while looking right at Clementine and not at the sky at all. But Clementine wants to use the power fueling their adventures to make things better outside the forest--not later, when he's grown up, but now. And when he discovers the source of the magic, Clementine has to decide: Does he become a hero with Beetle and protect a world that hates him? Or does he finally become the villain, ready to build a new world whatever the cost? In this joyful and uninhibited celebration of imagination, empathy and all things monstrous, debut author Noah Corey tells the story of a queer kid who is exactly and exquisitely himself. This book is a love letter to villains and heroes, and all the ways they make us brave.
Author: Noah Corey
Publisher: Labyrinth Road
Published: 03/17/2026
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780593906361
Audience: Ages 9-12
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2026
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2026
Publishers Weekly 12/01/2025
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2026
About the Author
Noah Corey lives in Washington State with his husband (Markus), his dog (Potatoes), and his three cats (Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice). He feels passionately about outer space, insects, and fictional vampires.
--Kirkus Reviews Clementine has always felt like the villain of his story. Most of the time, he's a socially anxious kid who knows it's not "normal" for a boy to wear pink shoes to school. While he's there, his teachers won't call him by the right name (even though Clementine is a boy's name, if a boy has it), his classmates tease him about his obsessive love for spiders (even though they're beautiful), and he's the only one who can see the floating faces that haunt the surrounding woods. But all that changes when a boy named Beetle breaks through his bedroom window and warns him about monsters. Soon, Clementine is drawn into a world of magic and imagination. Every night in the woods, everything he and his new friends Beetle, Cricket, and Anise spend hours in a play-pretend world that seems to be seeping into reality. Clementine has never had a friend like Beetle--a boy who teaches him to howl at the moon, who dreams of being a hero and says the whole sky is beautiful while looking right at Clementine and not at the sky at all. But Clementine wants to use the power fueling their adventures to make things better outside the forest--not later, when he's grown up, but now. And when he discovers the source of the magic, Clementine has to decide: Does he become a hero with Beetle and protect a world that hates him? Or does he finally become the villain, ready to build a new world whatever the cost? In this joyful and uninhibited celebration of imagination, empathy and all things monstrous, debut author Noah Corey tells the story of a queer kid who is exactly and exquisitely himself. This book is a love letter to villains and heroes, and all the ways they make us brave.
Author: Noah Corey
Publisher: Labyrinth Road
Published: 03/17/2026
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780593906361
Audience: Ages 9-12
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2026
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2026
Publishers Weekly 12/01/2025
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2026
About the Author
Noah Corey lives in Washington State with his husband (Markus), his dog (Potatoes), and his three cats (Wirt, Greg, and Beatrice). He feels passionately about outer space, insects, and fictional vampires.
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