608 pages · Released Sep 3, 2026 · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Content report card
Tilt parent’s guide: what’s inside
Medium confidence
What it offers
Educational value
Some · 2/5
A note for parents
Tilt is Ellen Hopkins's verse novel exploring serious teen issues including mental health struggles, family dysfunction, and LGBTQ+ identity through multiple perspectives. The book handles heavy mature themes with both honesty and some cautionary depth, though it contains profanity, references to substance use, and depictions of emotional and some physical conflict. It's best suited for older teens who can process complex emotional content and is known to appear on challenged/banned lists.
Three teens, connected by their parents' bad choices, tell in their own voices of their lives and loves as Shane finds his first boyfriend, Mikayla discovers that love can be pushed too far, and Harley loses herself in her quest for new experiences.Three teens, connected by their parents' bad choices, tell in their own voices of their lives and loves as Shane finds his first boyfriend, Mikayla discovers that love can be pushed too far, and Harley loses herself in her quest for new experiences.
