Main character Luis has a lot more on his mind.

The story is told over the space of one week including finding a cover story for being in the wrong time, meeting new people and then preparing for the school prom. The contrast between 19 is entertaining and an eye opener to how far society has come, particularly with those who identify as LGBTQ+ Spin me Right Round (named after this song I presume) is laugh out loud funny, mainly because Luis is such an outrageous main character. He also knows the fate of one of his new friends and knows he must do all he can to change it, even putting himself in danger. While his English teacher researches time travel and how it works, Luis spends a week in 1985 watching his parents as teenagers, and trying not to rage at the homophobia that constantly swirls around them. But any attempts at trying to help Chaz with this fall on deaf ears and upset all those around him. He is being bullied and Luis can see that he is struggling with his own sexuality. In this small group is a boy called Chaz. Luis must dial down his outrageous and out there personality to fit in with a small group of new friends, as he tries to figure out, along with his in-the-future English teacher how to get back home to 2020. Unfortunately his teen to-be-dad is the most homophobic of all. The hardest thing to cope with is that 1985 is a time of raging homophobia especially in a Christian school. He is surprised to be introduced to his own parents as teenagers and can’t understand why his mum even went out with his dad. His school back in 1985 is devoutly Christian with very strict rules and regulations, and the teachers are much younger of course but are showing signs of what and who they are to become in the time he just left – 2020. He is at the same school, with the same teachers and even knows two of the students. In the build-up to their school prom, Luis is beyond excited to be going to prom with his boyfriend, but suddenly finds himself back in time in 1985. His best friend Nix is non-binary and his boyfriend Cheng is Luis’ opposite – pretty much always quiet and chill, no matter what crazy schemes, outfits or plans Luis dreams up. He is a mover and shaker at his high school and desperately angling for Prom King.

Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes