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Author: Dan Clay
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Imprint: Roaring Brook Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 3.50cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.488kg
ISBN: 9781250843098
ISBN 10: 125084309
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 15 May 2023
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""A stunning tale of grief, friendship, loss, and love, Becoming a Queen wraps you up in emotion like the most precious of dresses. Dan Clay's debut will resonate in the hearts of queens, kings, and everyone in between!"" -- Jason June, New York Times-bestselling author of Out of the Blue and Jay's Gay Agenda ""Becoming a Queen is all about finding your true self, even when the path is rocky at times. Real, tender, heartbreaking, and joyful all at once, Dan Clay has delivered a delight of a debut that will keep you turning the pages. Put this one on your shelves!"" --Jennifer Mathieu, author of Bad Girls Never Say Die and Moxie ""A mosaic of well-drawn characters people this realistically rendered telling about healing, loss, and self-acceptance."" --Publishers Weekly ""It's a complicated story but one that buoys up well thanks to its mix of humor and realism. Readers who love wit that practically crackles with energy will be drawn to Mark's first-person narration and may be surprised by the depths of emotion in his story. . . Enjoyable, tragic, and very real."" --Kirkus Reviews
"""A stunning tale of grief, friendship, loss, and love, Becoming a Queen wraps you up in emotion like the most precious of dresses. Dan Clay's debut will resonate in the hearts of queens, kings, and everyone in between!"" -- Jason June, New York Times-bestselling author of Out of the Blue and Jay's Gay Agenda ""Becoming a Queen is all about finding your true self, even when the path is rocky at times. Real, tender, heartbreaking, and joyful all at once, Dan Clay has delivered a delight of a debut that will keep you turning the pages. Put this one on your shelves!"" --Jennifer Mathieu, author of Bad Girls Never Say Die and Moxie"
A stunning tale of grief, friendship, loss, and love, Becoming a Queen wraps you up in emotion like the most precious of dresses. Dan Clay's debut will resonate in the hearts of queens, kings, and everyone in between! -- Jason June, New York Times-bestselling author of Out of the Blue and Jay's Gay Agenda Becoming a Queen is all about finding your true self, even when the path is rocky at times. Real, tender, heartbreaking, and joyful all at once, Dan Clay has delivered a delight of a debut that will keep you turning the pages. Put this one on your shelves! --Jennifer Mathieu, author of Bad Girls Never Say Die and Moxie
Author Information
Dan Clay is a writer and drag queen thrilled to be making his debut as a novelist with Becoming a Queen. Until now, he focused on spreading love and positivity online through his drag persona, ""Carrie Dragshaw."" His writing as Carrie has been featured in hundreds of magazines, newspapers, and television shows-from Cosmopolitan to People to Watch What Happens Live-and his TED Talk on being your ""whole self"" details his first-hand experience with the healing power of drag. He lives in New York. writerdanclay.com
