{"product_id":"kens-isbn-9780735263772","title":"Kens","description":"\u003cb\u003eHeterosexuality is so last season: \u003ci\u003eKens \u003c\/i\u003eis the gay \u003ci\u003eHeathers\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eMean Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, a shocking parody for a whole new generation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery high school has the archetypical Queen B and her minions. In \u003ci\u003eKens\u003c\/i\u003e, the high school hierarchy has been reimagined. Willows High is led by Ken Hilton, and he makes Regina George from \u003ci\u003eMean Girls\u003c\/i\u003e look like a saint. Ken Hilton rules Willows High with his carbon-copies, Ken Roberts and Ken Carson, standing next to his throne. It can be hard to tell the Kens apart. There are minor differences in each edition, but all Kens are created from the same mold, straight out of Satan's doll factory. Soul sold separately.\u003cbr\u003e     Tommy Rawlins can't help but compare himself to these shimmering images of perfection that glide through the halls. He's desperate to fit in, but in a school where the Kens are queens who are treated like Queens, Tommy is the uncool gay kid. A once-in-a-lifetime chance at becoming a Ken changes everything for Tommy, just as his eye is caught by the tall, dark, handsome new boy, Blaine. Has Blaine arrived in time to save him from the Kens? Tommy has high hopes for their future together, but when their shared desire to overthrow Ken Hilton takes a shocking turn, Tommy must decide how willing he is to reinvent himself -- inside and out. Is this new version of Tommy everything he's always wanted to be, or has he become an unknowing and submissive puppet in a sadistic plan?\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eCanadian Children's Book Centre's \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book Covers of 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of CCBC’S \u003ci\u003eBest Books for Kids \u0026amp; Teens\u003c\/i\u003e (Spring 2019)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eKens:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] more complex work, satirising the experience of gay teenagers as well as portraying it sympathetically.” --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomist 1843\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eKens\u003c\/i\u003e is certainly an intriguing sophomore novel that will spark much discussion among young readers, critics, and academics alike. Fans of \u003ci\u003eMean Girls \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHeathers\u003c\/i\u003e will find a lot to love here. . . . Recommended.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--CM Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The novel’s critique of societal obsessions with media and self-image, combined with its brilliant takedown of queer culture’s “alpha gays,” makes it a worthwhile read.” --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Raising issues while raising eyebrows, \u003ci\u003eKens\u003c\/i\u003e comes to life in this space between the terrible and the beautiful, and asks: if both are fascinating, how can we tell the difference between them?” --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“[A] brilliant satire of today’s social media-obsessed youth. And it is edgier, bolder and funnier than almost anything out there in the current young-adult market. . . . Kens may be the perfect gift for gay teenagers, especially those who don't take themselves too seriously.” \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRAZIEL REID\u003c\/b\u003e's debut young adult novel, \u003ci\u003eWhen Everything Feels Like the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2014 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature, making him, at 24 years old, the youngest ever person to win the prestigious award. \u003ci\u003eWhen Everything Feels Like the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e, optioned for film by Random Bench Productions, is inspired in part by the 2008 murder of gay teenager Lawrence Fobes King. Published in 2014 by Arsenal Pulp Press, it has since been published in the UK by Atom Publishing with \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e listing it as one of the best YA novels of 2016, and in Germany by Albino Verlag. It was selected for inclusion in the 2015 edition of Canada Reads, where it came in second place. It was also nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's\/Young Adult Literature, and for Publishing Triangle's Ferro-Grumley Award. Raziel lives in Vancouver and is a professor of Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults at the University of British Columbia.","brand":"Penguin Teen Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301695770853,"sku":"NP9780735263772","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780735263772.jpg?v=1767730676","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/kens-isbn-9780735263772","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}