- Published: New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2007.
- Year Published: 2007
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Description: 297 p. ; 24 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 660
ISBN/Standard Number
- 9780525477990 (hc.)
- 0525477993 (hc.)
Subjects
- Female impersonators -- Fiction.
- Homosexuality -- Fiction.
- Prejudices -- Fiction.
- High schools -- Fiction.
- Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) -- Fiction.
- Florida -- Fiction.
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Having faced teasing that turned into a brutal attack, Christianity expressed as persecution, and the loss of his only real friend when he could no longer keep his crush under wraps, seventeen-year-old Billy Bloom, a drag queen, decides the only to become fabulous again is to run for Homecoming Queen at his elite, private school near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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LOVED IT....EXCEPT THE ENDING
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But did the bells mean flip and billy got married? not a good ending
What the abrupt ending?!
I loved this book. It was entertaining, well written, funny, sad, cute, and it all came crashing down with what seemed to be a 3 line wrap up passed off as some sort of ending.
I was slightly disappointed when this fantastic story (however unrealistic it was) was "ended" on the last page with a sentence or two that could have easily been replaced with "and they lived happily ever after, the end" or even "fin" and it would have been no worse than the real ending. *sigh* I'd still suggest this read to anybody who doesn't take life too seriously...or maybe anybody who does take it too seriously...but not to those who have jsut the right amount of seriousness about life...it won't work for them.
I was slightly disappointed when this fantastic story (however unrealistic it was) was "ended" on the last page with a sentence or two that could have easily been replaced with "and they lived happily ever after, the end" or even "fin" and it would have been no worse than the real ending. *sigh* I'd still suggest this read to anybody who doesn't take life too seriously...or maybe anybody who does take it too seriously...but not to those who have jsut the right amount of seriousness about life...it won't work for them.
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