Book description
Twelve-year-old Mikey Pruitt - president, founder, and CEO of Anything, Inc. - has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Inspired by his grandfather Pap Pruitt, who successfully ran all sorts of businesses from a car wash to a roadside peanut stand, Mikey is still looking for his million-dollar idea. Unfortunately,…
Why read it?
1 author picked Middle School's a Drag, You Better Werk! as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A book we need right now, something to balance out, in a small way, the awful anti-drag legislation being enacted all over the US.
Twelve-year-old Mikey is an aspiring businessman. Thirteen-year-old Julian hires him as a talent agent. Julian’s talent? Performing drag as Coco Caliente. Mikey knows the perfect place for her debut – the school talent show.
The book is wonderful fun, like a drag show, but pulls no punches regarding the bigotry and bullying gay kids so often experience. The ending was well done. I got a little misty. High recommendation!
From Erik's list on The best middle-grade books featuring an LGBTQIA+ protagonist.
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