“There are times when I feel like I can’t be me.

Being gay at his high school isn’t ideal but it’s not too traumatizing while he has to endure some taunting, having his twin sister Clementine (who is also gay) by his side makes everything more endurable. Waylon Brewer is a flamboyantly gay (and fat) high school senior from a small Texas town. Holy hell! Pumpkin, Julie Murphy's latest book, is an absolutely amazing book about living your life as unabashedly you as you can. especially with the help of some fellow queens. Waylon will need to learn that the best plan for tomorrow is living for today. Along the way, Waylon discovers that there is a lot more to running for prom court than campaign posters and plastic crowns, especially when he has to spend so much time with the very cute and infuriating prom king nominee Tucker Watson. Waylon and Hannah decide there’s only one thing to do: run-and leave high school with a bang. Clem’s girlfriend, Hannah Perez, also receives a joke nomination for prom king. As a result, Waylon is nominated for prom queen as a joke.

What he doesn’t count on is the tape accidentally getting shared with the entire school. So when Clementine deviates from their master plan right after Waylon gets dumped, he throws caution to the wind and creates an audition tape for his favorite TV drag show, Fiercest of Them All. His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon, so that he can live his Julie-the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-music-Andrews truth. Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City.

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