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