{"id":572,"date":"2009-10-31T23:57:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T04:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rainbowlist.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/31\/drama-queers\/"},"modified":"2009-10-31T23:57:04","modified_gmt":"2009-11-01T04:57:04","slug":"drama-queers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/archives\/572","title":{"rendered":"Drama Queers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/drama.jpg?w=102\" alt=\"drama\" title=\"drama\" width=\"102\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/drama.jpg 318w, https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/drama-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/><strong>Polito, Frank Anthony.  <em>Drama Queers!<\/em>  2009. 416 p. Kensington, $15.00 (9780758231642). Gr. 9-12.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to a be a thespian to enjoy the transformation of band fag Bradley Dayton to &#8220;Brad-licious&#8221; when he is smitten by the acting bug.  Determined to become a star his senior year, Brad is the diva of drama queers, interviewing at Julliard, kissing strangers and wondering about a familiar face.  While his best friend Jack won&#8217;t admit he is gay, Brad doesn&#8217;t lie &#8211; much &#8211; about his sexuality.  And with a certain kiss, Brad realizes his life will never be the same. Set in 1987, Polito is a master at spinning  Brad&#8217;s story with the popular vinyls of the period. While <em>Drama Queers!<\/em> is a standalone read, start with <em>Band Fags!<\/em>&#8211;<em>Laurie Spurling<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polito, Frank Anthony. Drama Queers! 2009. 416 p. Kensington, $15.00 (9780758231642). Gr. 9-12. You don&#8217;t have to a be a thespian to enjoy the transformation of band fag Bradley Dayton to &#8220;Brad-licious&#8221; when he is smitten by the acting bug. Determined to become a star his senior year, Brad is the diva of drama queers, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[68,82],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5","tag-drama-queers","tag-frank-anthony-polito"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glbtrt.ala.org\/rainbowbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}