TIME Magazine€s Top Ten Children€s Books of 2015
"Tiny Cooper stole our hearts." €"Entertainment Weekly  Especially for those of us who ordinarily feel ignored, a spotlight is a circle of magic, with the strength to draw us from the darkness of our everyday lives.  Watch out, ex-boyfriends, and get out of the way, homophobic coaches. Tiny Cooper has something to say€"and he€s going to say it in song. Filled with honesty, humor, and €œbig, lively, belty€ musical numbers, Hold Me Closer is the no-holds-barred (and many-bars-held) entirety of the beloved musical first introduced in Will Grayson, Will Grayson, the award-winning bestseller by John Green and David Levithan.  Tiny Cooper is finally taking center stage . . . and the world will never be the same again.
€œTiny will have readers falling out of their chairs laughing. . . . It's big. It's gay. It's outrageous and hilarious.€ €"Kirkus ReviewsÂ
˜…"Levithan has turned in another star turn with a book that is witty, wise, and well worthy of an encore." €"Booklist, starred review
˜…"Tiny€s passion for composing a big, beautiful life and a big, beautiful show overflows in thisthoroughly magical book.€Â €"BCCB, starred reviewÂ
˜…"Tiny Cooper . . . gets his own star turn." €"Publishers Weekly, starred review