Liz will be her school’s “infamous, subversive, dangerous, queer-as-hell prom queen wannabe” if that’s what it takes to seize her dreams. A burning determination glows in Liz, nonetheless.
Liz-who is accustomed to being quiet and feels secure in the near invisibility her insignificance in the high school hierarchy bestows upon her-knows this is her only chance, but dreads the exhausting artifice that comes when you put yourself onstage, and ask to be judged. But when her brother convinces her to run for prom queen-with its $10,000 scholarship prize-the idea strikes Liz as sensible in a mad sort of way. Liz hung her hopes on a scholarship to Pennington-her dream school-which she believed would be “the fast track to the rest of life.” But a rejection letter douses Liz’s dream in her chest, and Liz suddenly feels she has lost her own story, fallen out of its pages, and landed in a country from which she couldn’t return. You Should See Me in a Crown follows the story of Liz Lighty who wants nothing but to not feel an ache in her soul where some part of her always feels wanting. I immediately ordered a physical copy right there and then. I wished, then, that the story could be solid and picked up and held close, so that I could reach for it and trace the words with my fingers whenever I needed. I listened to You Should See Me in a Crown everywhere, but then it was over and I mourned its loss. I listened to the audiobook, and it was superb. can’t hold enough of this book in my hands. or make them come true?Ī newer edition of ISBN 9781338503265 can be found here. Will falling for the competition keep Liz from her dreams.
But Mack is also in the running for queen. She's smart, funny, and just as much of an outsider as Liz. The only thing that makes it halfway bearable is the new girl in school, Mack. There's nothing Liz wants to do less than endure a gauntlet of social media trolls, catty competitors, and humiliating public events, but despite her devastating fear of the spotlight she's willing to do whatever it takes to get to Pennington. until she's reminded of her school's scholarship for prom king and queen.
But it's okay - Liz has a plan that will get her out of Campbell, Indiana, forever: attend the uber-elite Pennington College, play in their world-famous orchestra, and become a doctor.īut when the financial aid she was counting on unexpectedly falls through, Liz's plans come crashing down. Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town.
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