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Freak Show

James St. James - Author

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ISBN 9780142412312 | 304 pages | 02 Oct 2008 | Puffin | 8.26 x 5.51in | 14 - AND UP years
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Meet Billy Bloom, new student at the ultra-white, ultra-rich, ultra-conservative Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy and drag queen extraordinaire. Actually, “drag queen” does not begin to describe Billy and his fabulousness. Any way you slice it, Billy is not a typical seventeen-year-old, and the Bible Belles, Aberzombies, and Football Heroes at the academy have never seen anyone quite like him before. But thanks to the help and support of one good friend, Billy’s able to take a stand for outcasts and underdogs everywhere in his own outrageous, over-thetop, sad, funny, brilliant, and unique way.

“A groundbreaking, eye-opening, romantic, bittersweet story of one boy’s determination to seek acceptance for who he is and right the wrongs of his world, one dress at a time.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Freak Show has it all. It’s hilarious, sad, sexy, and glamorous—just the way life should be.” —Perez Hilton, author of www.perezhilton.com


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