Josh Sundquist is a Paralympic ski racer, cancer survivor, video blogger, motivational speaker and mediocre rapper. Every Tuesday, Josh releases a new video to 150,000+ viewers on his YouTube channel. He is the author of an adult memoir, Just Don't Fall. As a motivational speaker, Josh speaks at college campuses, high schools, and corporations, such as Google. His website is joshsundquist.com.
An Amazon.ca Best Book for Children and Teens SelectionA YALSA
Teens Top Ten Nominee
"You should read this book sometime. I loved it so much."--Justine
Ezarik, New York Times bestselling author of I, Justine: An Analog
Memoir
"[A] laugh-out-loud memoir...This is a unique, earnest, and funny
coming-of-age story about Sundquist's experiences. Readers will
appreciate the humorous and often embarrassingly accurate tales
depicted in the pages of this book."--SLJ
"[Sundquist's] findings are illuminating for anyone who has
experienced social awkwardness in the field of attraction...and his
gift for encouragement shines forcefully from his final chapters,
where he assesses what went wrong and relates how he has used his
new self-awareness to find love. Readers familiar with Sundquist's
website and YouTube channel will be a natural audience for
this."--The Bulletin
"An autobiographical account that's equal parts hilarious and
cringe-inducing...While his recent interviews and meetings with the
girls from his past are often just as uncomfortable as their dates
were, they also lead to answers as genuine as his
narrative."--Publishers Weekly
"Josh Sundquist has written a sharp, funny memoir without an ounce
of self-pity about how the fear of rejection can be far more
crippling than any disease. A hilarious, heartfelt reminder that
finding the courage to accept love is an inside job."--Aaron
Hartzler, author of Rapture Practice
"Josh's voice is engaging and conversational, and readers will
relate as they laugh along at his misadventures. From a disastrous
putt-putt date to just general, suffusing awkwardness, Josh (who
grew up to be a Paralympic ski racer) discovers that revisiting the
past can be both embarrassing and enlightening. Irresistible
fun."--Booklist
"Often hilarious, occasionally awkward, and always hopeful, Josh's
quest for love will have readers rooting for him all the
way."--Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of
Love at First Sight and The Geography of You and Me
"Sundquist has written a compelling memoir, to which teens will be
able to relate, as it probes the universal insecurities of teen
dating."--School Library Connection
"Sundquist is a storyteller-flawed, wry, laid-back and sympathetic.
Anyone who's felt awkward will alternately (or simultaneously)
wince and burst out laughing at his earnest misadventures with
stalkers, "Close Fast Dancing" and flow charts... but above all,
they'll be rooting for Sundquist to hang out with a girl. Funny,
sympathetic and poignant, Sundquist's memoir has a high probability
of success."--Kirkus Reviews
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