We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a true story - Hardcover

Sundquist, Josh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031625102X ISBN 13: 9780316251020

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2014

Synopsis

Josh Sundquist only ever had one girlfriend.
For twenty-three hours.
In eighth grade.

Why was Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down the girls he had tried to date and asked them straight up: What went wrong?

The results of Josh's semiscientific, wholly hilarious investigation are captured here. From a disastrous Putt-Putt date involving a backward prosthetic foot, to his introduction to CFD (Close Fast Dancing), to a misguided "grand gesture" at a Miss America pageant, this story is about looking for love -- or at least a girlfriend -- in all the wrong places.

About this title

About the Author

Josh Sundquist is a son, brother, cancer survivor, writer, Paralympic ski racer, and motivational speaker. He has shared his story across the country for audiences including Fortune 500 companies, inner-city public schools, and The White House. A graduate of both The College of William & Mary and the University of Southern California, he has been featured on CNN's Heroes series, appeared with Lance Armstrong on the CW network, and is the founder of LessThanFour.org, the world's largest online community for amputees. He is 25 years old and lives near Washington, DC, where he enjoys taking walks on the National Mall and eating mint-chocolate gelato.

Reviews

Gr 9 Up—Sundquist, a motivational speaker, author, and Paralympic ski racer (he lost his left leg to Ewing's sarcoma at age nine), has had terrible luck with the ladies. In this laugh-out-loud memoir, he attempts to figure out why he can't catch a break, exploring the matter scientifically by analyzing and hypothesizing about each of his failed relationships, starting with his first girlfriend in the eighth grade. Sundquist tracks down the various women he's dated and interviews them to test his hypotheses. Each section of the book is dedicated to a different girlfriend and time period in Josh's life. His various theories are often illustrated through hilarious charts and graphs, adding to the lab report feel of the book. This is a unique, earnest, and funny coming-of-age story about Sundquist's experiences as a cancer survivor, amputee, Paralympic ski racer, and motivational speaker. Readers will appreciate the humorous and often embarrassingly accurate tales depicted in the pages of this book.—Annalise Ammer, City of Rochester Public Libraries, NY

Edition details

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 031625102X
• ISBN 13: 9780316251020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336