Putting makeup on the fat boy

By Bil Wright

Subjects: Single-parent families, Family life, fiction, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBT, Homosexuality, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 12, Families, Hispanic americans, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 9, High schools, Lambda Literary Awards, LGBTQ young adult, Lambda Literary Award Winner, Reading Level-Grade 8, Schools, fiction, Makeup artists, Cosmetics, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino, Fiction, Children's fiction, Homosexuality, Reading Level-Grade 11, Artists, fiction, Stonewall Book Awards, Single-parent families, fiction, Hispanic Americans, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings, Juvenile fiction, Reading Level-Grade 10, New york (n.y.), fiction, Schools, Family life

Description: Sixteen-year-old Carlos Duarte is on the verge of realizing his dream of becoming a famous make-up artist, but first he must face his jealous boss at a Macy's cosmetics counter, his sister's abusive boyfriend, and his crush on a punk-rocker classmate.