Putting makeup on the fat boy
By: Bil Wright
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781416939962
Subjects: Makeup artists; Family life; Single-parent families; Homosexuality; High schools; Schools; Hispanic Americans; Fiction
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.
Notes: Ages 12 up.