Cover of Save Steve: A YALSA Nominee—A Twisted, Darkly Funny YA Romance of Love and Rivalry

Save Steve: A YALSA Nominee—A Twisted, Darkly Funny YA Romance of Love and Rivalry

Jenni Hendriks

young adult romance(340)

Nice guy Cam plots to steal the girl of his dreams by saving her cancer-stricken jerk boyfriend — who's onto him.

Content Warnings
grief

Description

From Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan, authors of Unpregnant—now a movie streaming on HBO Max, starring Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira—comes a twist on the cancer love story that’s dark humor mixed with quirky fun. Think Dirty Rotten Scoundrels meets The Fault in Our Stars. Named a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults nominee! "This book is packed with humor. Every character is well developed and has their complexities.” —School Library Journal Steve Stevenson is a jerk. That might not be a cool thing to say about someone with cancer, but it’s true. Yeah, he throws legendary parties and is the most popular guy in school, but he also loves humiliating pranks and Cardi B, and he doesn’t recycle. Worst of all, he’s dating Kaia—the girl of nice guy Cam’s dreams. But when a desperate Kaia asks Cam to help her raise money to pay for Steve’s experimental treatment, Cam offers to organize the biggest, most viral fundraising campaign. Maybe then Kaia will finally see Cam as the perfect, thoughtful, altruistic, good guy for her. But Steve’s no fool. He’s totally on to Cam’s plan. And to stop him from stealing his girlfriend, he’s going to do whatever it takes to make Cam’s life as miserable as his own. From Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan, authors of Unpregnant, comes a quirky, funny story about living up to other people’s expectations and what it really means to do the right thing.

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