Noah Could Never by Simon James Green (author) and Scholastic (illustrator) (UK edition)

“Side-splitting comedy” – The Guardian
“Refreshingly positive…sure to leave you with a smile on your face.” – OK Magazine
Noah’s back, and more bananas!
He and Harry are now officially boyfriends, but is Noah ready for the difference?
It’s no help that a group of cosmopolitan French exchange students have descended on Little Fobbing – including sexy Pierre Victoire, who seems to have his eye on Harry! Meanwhile, Noah’s paired up with a girl … who, most outrageously, is not even French.
But that’s not all: the police are monitoring Noah, and he can’t tell if it’s because

• his dad and secret half-brother, Eric, have made off with his gran’s fake diamonds;


• because his PE teacher is receiving mysterious cash infusions from Russia;


• or because drag queen Bambi Sugapops is hiding out at Noah’s house in the midst of a knock-down, bare-knuckled drag feud.

Will Noah ever catch a break?!

• One of the UK’s leading writers of LGBTQ+ teen fiction, Simon James Green is the author of Alex in Wonderland, Gay Club and the Noah Can’t Even books.


• A perfect next read for fans of Heartstoppers and Adam Silvera


• Simon’s book You’re The One That I Wantwon the Bristol Teen Book Award 2022 & has been shortlisted for the YA Book Award in association with Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022

PRAISE FOR NOAH CAN’T EVEN (book 1)
‘I loved Noah’s voice: warm, loveable, awkward’.The Bookseller
‘Slapstick but wonderfully funny’ Jewish Chronicle
‘A debut I very much loved’ Juno Dawson, author of The Gender Games and role model for Stonewall UK
’Sweet, barmy, charming, unexpectedly romantic delight of a YA novel. I smiled the whole way through.’ Lisa Williamson, author of The Art of Being Normal