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When Johnny completes an alcohol rehabilitation program and his mother sends him to live with his uncle in North Carolina, he meets Maria, who seems to understand his fascination with the new wave band Blondie, and he learns about his deceased father's youthful forays into "glam rock," which gives him perspective on himself, his past, and his current life.
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Rock music, Transvestites, Self-confidence, Schools, Sex role, Identity, Fiction, Children's fiction, Identity, fiction, Sex role, fiction, Rock music, fiction, Self-confidence, fiction, Schools, fiction, Identity (Psychology), Juvenile fiction, Cross-dressers, Self-confidence in adolescence, Identity (Philosophical concept)Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
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Debbie Harry Sings in French
May 27, 2008, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Henry Holt
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0805080805 9780805080803
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Johnny’s had kind of a tough life so far, and he’s always been a bit of a freak. His goth look usually includes black nail polish and a little mascara.When he discovers Debbie Harry, the lead singer of Blondie, he not only likes her music but realizes that he kind of, sort of, wants to BE her. He’d like to be cool and tough and beautiful like her. He’d like to dress like her. He’s not gay, at least he doesn’t think so. So what does it mean? And what should he tell his amazing new girlfriend?
This wise, hip novel introduces shades of gray into the black-and-white ideas of sexuality and gender. Anyone who has ever wished they could be a little bit tough and a little bit glamorous will recognize themselves in Johnny.
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