Shirley J. Young Adult Fiction Drag Shows, Double Lives, Highschool
Confessions of a Teenage Drag King by Markus Harwood-Jones 176 pages
A good story set in Toronto about a 17 year old girl named Lauren living a double life as an invisible blending in at high school making as few waves as possible to stay under everyone's radar while leading a double-life as a chest binding, mascara beard stubble painter, thrift store rock star mode costume outfit wearing drag king named REN at an all-ages drag venue. Shy in her other life, she rules as REN in the evenings lip-syncing her way to drag stardom. As REN she is as arrogant as she is shy in her Lauren persona. Her drag family gets enough of some of her disrespectful behavior and while there is a bit of a abyss between them all for a while, when it comes down, drag families are family, too. Good story. A bit of love, a bit of Lauren thinking no one knows and a whole lot of performance art going on. I recommend this book to tweens on up.
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