| Description |
375 pages ; 22 cm |
| Audience |
Ages 12+. Bloomsbury Children's Books. |
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Grades 10-12. Bloomsbury Children's Books. |
| Summary |
When Carey Parker, a genderqueer teen who dreams of being a diva like their hero Mariah Carey, is cast as the female lead in the school musical, they must fight against discrimination and injustice from their closed-minded school administration. |
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Carey Parker dreams of being a diva, and bringing the house down with song. They can hit every note of all the top pop and Broadway hits, but emotional scars from an incident with a homophobic classmate and their grandmother's spiraling dementia make it harder and harder for Carey to find their voice. Cris, a singer/guitarist, makes Carey feel seen for the first time in their life. With the rush of a promising new romantic relationship, Carey finds the confidence to audition for the role of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in the school musical. This sets off a chain reaction of prejudice by Carey's tormentor and others in the school. Carey, Cris, and their friends need to defend their rights-- and they refuse to be silenced. -- adapted from jacket |
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Gender identity -- Fiction.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction.
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Prejudices -- Fiction.
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Social action -- Fiction.
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High schools -- Fiction.
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Schools -- Fiction.
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Identity -- Fiction.
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JUVENILE FICTION / General.
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| Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Added Title |
Cannot take that away |
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Can not take that away |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Salvatore, Steven. Can't take that away Hardback. New York City : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2021 9781547605316 (DLC) 2020034736 |
| ISBN |
9781547605309 (hardcover) |
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1547605308 (hardcover) |
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9781547605316 (ebook) |
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