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Nail Polish and Feathers

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By Jo Ramsey
Publisher Harmony Ink Press
Nail Polish and Feathers
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Sixteenyearold Evan Granger has no problems with being gay. Despite his mothers objections, he wears nail polish and makeup to school and pursues his goal of becoming a professional drag queen. TV drag star Taffy Sweet gives encouragement and Evans cousin Holly tries to protect him, but school bullies abuse him so badly because of his sexuality and the girly way he dresses that he ends up at the hospital emergency room. After that, even his new crush, a closeted football jock named Moe Garcia, is unhappy about Evans choice to live his life openly gay. But even in girly clothes and nail polish, Evan is a force to be reckoned with, and he soon shows the bulliesand everyone elsethat beating a drag queen up does not mean the queen is beaten down.

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73834 words73,834 words
210 pages210 pages
Lexile HL700LLexile HL700L
Grade 9 to H+Grade 9 to H+
Age 14-18Age 14-18
Published 2013Published 2013

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9781627980883

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