


Julie Murphy is one of my favorite young adult writers of this time. Waylon and Hannah decide to run with it and leave high school with a bang. Except somehow the entire school sees the video and Waylon is nominated as a joke for Prom Queen as well as his sister’s girlfriend, Hannah who is nominated for Prom King. After getting some shocking news about his sister, Waylon makes an audition video for his favorite drag tv show. Waylon is a fat, openly gay teen living in a small town in Texas. especially with the help of some fellow queens. Waylon will need to learn that the best plan for tomorrow is living for today. Along the way, Waylon discovers that there is a lot more to running for prom court than campaign posters and plastic crowns, especially when he has to spend so much time with the very cute and infuriating prom king nominee Tucker Watson. Waylon and Hannah decide there’s only one thing to do: run-and leave high school with a bang. Clem’s girlfriend, Hannah Perez, also receives a joke nomination for prom king. As a result, Waylon is nominated for prom queen as a joke. What he doesn’t count on is the tape accidentally getting shared with the entire school. So when Clementine deviates from their master plan right after Waylon gets dumped, he throws caution to the wind and creates an audition tape for his favorite TV drag show, Fiercest of Them All. His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon, so that he can live his Julie-the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-music-Andrews truth. Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City.
