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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Z.U.M.

The Z.U.M.

Gines, Jaden

Paperback

General Fiction

Publisher Price: $23.00

ISBN13: 9798261148333
Publisher: Blurb
Published: Feb 11 2026
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.27 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Play, 1m 2nb Following a financial emergency back at home, Ash, a genderqueer 18 year old with an affinity for makeup, is sleeping in their car and starting work at some Zumiez in some mall in some middle-class middle of nowhere. Here they meet Ez, the assistant manager of the Zumiez and an aspiring rave musician, who also knows a thing or two about makeup. As they grow closer and learn that their store is under threat of closing, Ez and Ash hatch a scheme to throw a rave in the store and save both of their jobs. But, as the two grow closer and tensions rise, they must grapple with their dreams, living versus survival, and how much one is willing to give in order to see their dreams come true - even at the expense of themselves and the ones they love. Jaden Alvaro Gines's THE Z.U.M explores queer identity in a world where it pays to assimilate, asking the question: how can we truly survive if we aren't really living?

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