Bibliograph

Becoming a queen, Dan Clay

Type

Label

Becoming a queen, Dan Clay

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

HL710L, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Becoming a queen

Oclc number

1299301648

Responsibility statement

Dan Clay

Summary

Reeling from a family tragedy, seventeen-year-old Mark finds his escape in a purple, sequenced, puff-sleeved princess dress, which becomes an unexpected outlet for his grief as well as a path towards love and self-expressionMark Davis put the dress on for a joke: the other guys did it too, for the talent show. But when his boyfriend saw Mark in that dress, everything changed. Now Mark has given up on love. His older brother, Eric, tells him "Be yourself! Your full sequin-y self." When he realizes that Eric has problems of his own, Mark's escape to become someone else-- however briefly-- becomes an unexpected outlet for his pain, a path to authentic connection, and a provocation to finally see other people as fully as he wants to be seen. -- adapted from Goodreads

Target audience

adolescent

Classification