Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2013
ISBN
9781444743975
Pages
387 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Welcome to the spring of 1987 and the world of Stephen Shulevitz who, with three months of high school to go in the small town of Riverside, Nova Scotia, has just realized he's fallen in love with exactly the wrong person. As Stephen navigates his last few months before college dealing with his overly dependent mother; his distant, pot-smoking father; and his dysfunctional best friends Lana and Mark; he must decide between love and childhood friendship and between the person he is and the person he can be.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; gay; gay teenager
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
divorced mother and father
LGBTQ+
gay male
Awards
Rainbow List, 2015 Young Adult Fiction
Keywords
coming of age; teenage romance; Nova Scotia; Canada; coming out; prom; bullying
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Cameron, Janet, "Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World" (2013). Diverse Families. 86.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/86