Bibliograph

Middle school's a drag, you better werk!, Greg Howard

Type

Label

Middle school's a drag, you better werk!, Greg Howard

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 10+, G. P. Putnam's Sons

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 4-6, G. P. Putnam's Sons

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Middle school's a drag

Oclc number

1182573066

Responsibility statement

Greg Howard

Sub title

you better werk!

Summary

In Charleston, South Carolina, a young business entrepreneur, newly out as gay, starts his own junior talent agency and signs a thirteen-year-old aspiring drag queen as his first clientTwelve-year-old Mikey Pruitt is a budding entrepreneur. Inspired by his grandfather Pap Pruitt, who successfully ran all sorts of businesses, Mikey is still looking for his million-dollar idea. Unfortunately, most of his ideas--from a roadside general store to croquet lessons--haven't taken off. It isn't until kid drag queen Coco Caliente, Mistress of Madness and Mayhem (aka eighth grader Julian Vasquez) walks into his office (aka his family's storage/laundry room) looking for a talent agent that Mikey thinks he's finally found a business that will put him on the map, and the Anything Talent and Pizzazz Agency is born! Soon, Mikey has a whole roster of kid clients looking to hit it big or at least win the middle school talent show's hundred-dollar prize. As newly out Mikey prepares Julian for the gig of a lifetime, he realizes there's no rulebook for being gay--and if Julian can be openly gay at school, maybe Mikey can, too, and tell his crush, the dreamy Colton Sanford, how he feels

Target audience

pre adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Middle school is a drag, you better werk!

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