Freak Show

SPEAK
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First published by Dutton Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2007
Published by Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2008

All rights reserved
Excerpt from “Evergreen: Love theme from A Star Is Born,” words by Paul Williams; music by Barbra Streisand.
© 1976 Warner Brothers Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.
Excerpt from “Annie’s Song,” words and music by John Denver. © 1974 Cherry Lane Music Company.
All rights reserved.
Excerpt from “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water,” words and music by Andy Gibb and Barry Gibb.
© 1979 Andy Gibb Music, Brothers Gibb, B. V. All rights reserved.
All paraphrased excerpts appear on page 68
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE DUTTON EDITION AS FOLLOWS
St. James, James.
Freak show / James St. James.
p. cm.

Summary: Having faced teasing that turned into a brutal attack, Christianity expressed as persecution,
and the loss of his only real friend when he could no longer keep his crush under wraps, seventeen-year-old Billy Bloom,
a drag queen, decides the only way to become fabulous again is to run for Homecoming Queen at his elite,
private school near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

eISBN : 978-1-440-65155-7