Young Adult Fiction Dating & Sex
Confessions of a Teenage Drag King
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2020
- Category
- Dating & Sex, General, General, LGBT
- Recommended Age
- 13 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 3
- Recommended Reading age
- 8 to 9
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459415591
- Publish Date
- Sep 2020
- List Price
- $12.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781459415584
- Publish Date
- Sep 2020
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
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.
About the author
MARKUS HARWOOD-JONES is a writer, visual artist and documentary filmmaker. He has self-published the short story collections Confessions of a Teenage Transsexual Whore and Everything & All at Once; his feature film, Mosaic, tells the story of his journey across Canada and the United States to learn more about the trans community. He is author of the Lorimer Real Love teen romances, Just Julian and Romeo for Real. Markus lives in Toronto, Ontario.
