Description
Product ID: | 9781529042115 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Boy Queen |
Authors: | Author: George Lester |
Page Count: | 400 |
Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance and love, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), School stories (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: sexuality & relationships (Children's / Teenage) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Dumplin' meets Gilmore Girls in George Lester's sparkling debut YA novel full of big hair, big heels and even bigger hearts. <p><b>The fabulous debut novel by George Lester, also known as That Girl, named PinkNews' Drag Artist of the Year 2023!<br><br>'A funny, sparkly, and joyful celebration of drag! <i>Boy Queen</i> celebrates the power of community and shows how finding your people can help you find yourself. I loved it!' – Alice Oseman, author of <i>Heartstopper</i></b><br><br><i>Life's a drag until you try . . . </i><br><br>Robin Cooper’s life is falling apart. While his friends prepare to head off to University, Robin is looking at a pile of rejection letters from drama schools up and down the country, and facing a future without the people he loves the most. Everything seems like it’s ending, and Robin is scrabbling to find his feet.<br><br>Unsure about what to do next and whether he has the talent to follow his dreams, he and his best friends go and drown their sorrows at a local drag show, where Robin realizes there might be a different, more sequinned path for him . . .<br><br>With a mother who won't stop talking, a boyfriend who won't acknowledge him and a best friend who is dying to cover him in glitter make up, there's only one thing for Robin to do: bring it to the runway.</p> |
Imprint Name: | Macmillan Children's Books |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-08-06 |