You should see me in a crown
by
Johnson, Leah (Young adult author), author.
Title
:
You should see me in a crown
Author
:
Johnson, Leah (Young adult author), author.
Summary
:
Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through she is forced to turn to her school's scholarship for prom king and queen, which plunges her into the gauntlet of social media which she hates and leads her to discoveries about her own identity and the value of true friendships.
Edition
:
First edition.
Physical Description
:
324 pages ; 22 cm
Subject Term
:
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction.
Competition (Psychology) -- Fiction.
African American teenage girls -- Fiction.
High school students -- Fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
Proms -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Lesbian youth -- Fiction.
Publisher
:
Scholastic Press,
Publication Date
:
2020
ISBN
:
9781338503265
9780702304323
Publication Information
:
New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
©2020
Award Note
:
Young Readers Choice Award nominee, 2023.
Call Number
:
YA JOHNSON
Item Barcode | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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33607003383992 | Young Adult | JOHNSON | Checked In |