Kens
By: Raziel Reid
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780735263772
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Teenage boys; Gay men; Gender identity; Fiction; Gay teenagers; Interpersonal relations; High schools; Self-acceptance; Cliques (Sociology); Social groups
Description: Ken Hilton rules Willows High with his carbon copies, Ken Roberts and Ken Carson, standing next to his throne. It can be hard to tell the Kens apart. There are minor differences in each edition, but all Kens are created from the same mold, straight out of Satan's doll factory. Soul sold seperately. Tommy Rawlins can't help but compare himself to these shimmering images of perfection that glide though the halls. But in a school where the Kens are queens who are treated like Queens, Tommy isn't on their shelf. A once-in-a-lifetime chance at becoming a Ken changes everything for Tommy, just as his eye is caught by the new doll on campus, Blaine. But when their shared desire to overthrow Ken Hilton takes a shocking turn, Tommy must decide how willing he is to reinvent himself - inside and out. Is this new version of Tommy everything he's always wanted to be, or has he become a puppet in a sadistic plan? Award-winning author Raziel Reid turns his razor-sharp wit on today's obsessions with social media, looks and the next big thing in this satirical novel.