Confessions of a Teenage Drag King
Markus Harwood-Jones
Do you have to choose between love and the limelight?
Full of colourful, authentic characters and set in Toronto, Confessions of a Teenage Drag King highlights diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, and identity.
Seventeen-year-old Lauren tries to navigate the tricky waters of teen romance that brings high school to the drag show and back, all while Lauren must keep up their two personas — Ren, a drag king, and Lauri, a typical student — and come to terms with their feelings both for mixed-race student Clover and for their own identity as an LGBTQ+ teen.
Confessions of a Teenage Drag King is a realistic but light-hearted exploration of gender and identity, making it a fun and topical read for today's teen readers. (From Lorimer)
Markus Harwood-Jones is a writer, artist and filmmaker based in Toronto. His other teen romances include We Three, Just Julian and Romeo for Real.
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