Set in Campbell County, Indiana, You Should See Me In A Crown focuses on Liz Lighty’s race to win the prom crown in a prom-crazed high school. Leah Johnson is an amazing writer and I definitely will be reading her next book.
It was so magical and beautiful and there were moments that made me smile so hard, laugh out loud, and just cheer on Liz Lighty. This was such an amazing book, packed full of so many elements I loved! I haven’t read a YA book that wasn’t fantasy or one that was high school-centric in a while, so I really enjoyed this one. She’s got the looks that fit Mack’s description in the book, especially the fiery red hair.įinally, for Jordan, I picked Chosen Jacob, cause he just oozes cool boy vibes like Jordan in the book. Liz is a lesbian, and in an author interview, Leah Johnson stated that she’ll like to have a queer actress play Liz.įor Mack, Liz’s love interest, I picked Fransesca Capaldi. She bears a resemblance to the cover character, and she’s a queer black actress. I’m making this post as part of the Hear Our Voices Tour, and I will be making a dream cast and a review of the book! Dream Castįor the main character, I picked Amandla Stenberg, one of my forever faves. Agent: Sarah Landis, Sterling Lord Literistic.Hi guys, I’m here again with another book tour! This time, for a book I loved so so much, You Should See Me In A Crown. So too do her cheer squad of devoted friends and the impressively drawn setting of Campbell High School. With wit and grounded optimism, Liz answers the book’s burning fundamental question: can a poor, black, queer girl be prom queen? In Johnson’s emotionally resonant storytelling, the pragmatic, hopeful, awkward Liz Lighty comes alive, complete with fear, regrets, hopes, and dreams. An offbeat new girl’s arrival throws Liz’s carefully drawn plans for victory out the window: talented drummer Mack McCarthy is beautiful, and she’s running for prom queen as a legacy. When the music scholarship she’s counting on falls through, Liz’s brother persuades her to do the unthinkable as one of the only black girls at wealthy, majority-white, and sometimes racist Campbell County High-run for prom queen and win the $10,000 scholarship that accompanies the prom-obsessed town’s crown. Indiana high school senior Liz Lighty has two goals: attend prestigious Pennington College like her late mother, and become a doctor to study the disease that ended her mother’s life. Debut author Johnson easily channels the self-effacing coolness of 1990s teen comedies with a 2020 sensibility in this heartfelt and laugh-out-loud funny YA rom-com.
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