Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Drag Teen
by Jeffrey Self
Ages: 14+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Push/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-0-545-82993-9
Keywords: Gender identity, LGBTQ, Diversity, Teenagers, Self-Esteem
College or pumping gas? JT's life seems doomed until his boyfriend encourages him to enter a teen drag queen contest. Can he do it?