Age: 13-16 years

Billy, oh Billy. You know who you are so why doesn't everyone else get it? High schooler Billy gets shifted from the life he's always known with his mother to the swamplands of Florida to live with his father. He creates his own unique and absurdly fantastic collage outfits that are quite off-putting to the rich snobs that attend his school. Having enough with the ridicule, spitballs, and quick jabs, and after his teacher won't listen to him, he decides to go to school in drag. Inevitably, when he recovers from the coma, the dreamy quarterback awaits him. Billy remembers that it was he who pulled him from the severe beating at school. In the second half of the book, Billy describes his arduous rise to fame when he announces that he's running for prom queen.

What was particularly nice about this book was the positive drive and unfaltering personality that Billy used to achieve his goal. Although he isn't crowned queen, he does get the boy.