{"product_id":"kings-queens-and-in-betweens-9781534430655","title":"Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Poignant and important.\" --\u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A bright and sparkly celebration of love and self-acceptance.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudy Blume meets \u003ci\u003eRuPaul's Drag Race\u003c\/i\u003e in this funny, feel-good debut novel about a queer teen who navigates questions of identity and self-acceptance while discovering the magical world of drag.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerpetually awkward Nima Kumara-Clark is bored with her insular community of Bridgeton, in love with her straight girlfriend, and trying to move past her mother's unexpected departure. After a bewildering encounter at a local festival, Nima finds herself suddenly immersed in the drag scene on the other side of town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMacho drag kings, magical queens, new love interests, and surprising allies propel Nima both painfully and hilariously closer to a self she never knew she could be--one that can confidently express and accept love. But she'll have to learn to accept \u003ci\u003elost\u003c\/i\u003e love to get there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom debut author Tanya Boteju comes a poignant, laugh-out-loud tale of acceptance, self-expression, and the colorful worlds that await when we're brave enough to look.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTanya Boteju is a teacher and writer living on unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations (Vancouver, British Columbia). Part-time, she teaches English to clever and sassy young people. The rest of her time, she writes and procrastinates from writing. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eKings, Queens, and In-Betweens\u003c\/i\u003e was named a Top Ten Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association, as well as selected for the American Librarian Association 2020 Rainbow List. Her work appears in the anthology \u003ci\u003eOut Now\u003c\/i\u003e and her latest young adult novel, \u003ci\u003eBruised\u003c\/i\u003e, has been selected as a Gold Standard book by the Junior Library Guild. In both teaching and writing, she is committed to positive, diverse representation. Visit her at TanyaBoteju.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50418662605074,"sku":"9781534430655","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5844b95a-e1cf-4867-8cb0-e13b36e7e3e7.jpg?v=1729477792","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kings-queens-and-in-betweens-9781534430655","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}