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Pioneer Summer

Pioneer Summer

Sylvanova, Kateryna
Malisova, Elena
Fisher, Anne O.

Paperback

Series: Pioneer

RomanceGeneral FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 1419773119
ISBN13: 9781419773112
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: Apr 21 2026
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.27 Width: 5.68 Depth: 8.75
Language: English
This star-crossed gay romance is a #1 bestselling TikTok sensation that took readers by storm, made international news, and catalyzed one of Russia's largest-ever crackdowns on LGBTQ representation.

Cowritten by a Ukrainian-Russian duo, Pioneer Summer reached such heights of popularity that Putin stepped in to ban it. Now this swoony romance will transport American readers to another place and time and introduce them to one of the most memorable relationships of their lives.

The year is 1986, and Yurka Konev, 16, has been sent off for another summer at Pioneer Camp. Impulsive, forthright, and unfairly branded as a troublemaker, he anticipates the weeks ahead of him with boredom and dread.

But when he's pushed into working on the camp's theater production, he meets serious, thoughtful troop leader Volodya. Yurka finds himself drawn to the slightly older boy, and, surprisingly, Volodya seems to like him, too. The two boys grow closer and closer, and though both fear the consequences of their illegal attraction, its gravity pulls them together.

Now, 20 years later, Yury returns to the abandoned camp to reminisce on the relationship that changed his life forever--and discovers that not all history is destined to remain in the past.

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