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  <title><![CDATA[Freakshow]]></title>
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  <default_description>Billy Bloom is gay, but it's mostly theoretical, as he hasn't had much experience. When he has to move to Florida, he can't believe his bad luck. His new school is a mix of Bible Belles, Aberzombies, and Football Heroes, none of which are exactly his type. Billy's efforts to fit in and stand out at the same time are both hilarious and heartrending. In this novel from adult author and media personality James St. James, readers are in for a wild ride as he tells Billy's fascinating story of bravado, pain, and unexpected love, inspired by his own experiences.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">17</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">5</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2007</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Freak Show</original_title>
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    <body><![CDATA[Billy Bloom has been forced to move to Florida for his Senior year of High School. His mom, a little on the bi-polar side, couldn't take his flamboyant attitude toward life anymore. Billy is a self-proclaimed &quot;Gender Obscurist&quot;. A fabulously creative drag queen and a character that is resi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15909499">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 16 07:50:15 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read most of this.  I can't really get into James St James' storytelling technique.  Very conversational and lots of ALL CAPS OMG!!!! like a MySpace page.  A necessary book, however.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue, is a pejorative term used to describe a fictional character who plays a major role in the plot and is particularly characterized by overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38161016">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Freak Show is the story of Billy Bloom: Self-Proclaimed Superfreak and his journey through his senior year of high school.  Told from the first person point of view, Billy invites the reader to question normalcy and encourage acceptance.<br/><br/>In the beginning of the story, the reader learns th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28609794">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I see why everyone enjoys this book -- Billy's voice is strong, entertaining, and often laugh-out-loud funny, and there's no doubt that it's high time we get to see a teen drag queen as the main character -- I also found that I could easily put this book down without being compelled to pick it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14298537">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Super fun story of teen drag queen Billy Bloom, who is stuck in red-state Florida ALAS! Billy is a spunky hero/ine who is estranged from his parents, beaten up at school and also a bit bipolar. But his story is never downbeat -- the saddest events are frankly discussed and summarily dismissed with a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6386330">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Billy Bloom is a fabulous drag queen of a teenager who finds himself out of luck when his mother sends him off to live with his rich father in the rural Florida swamps for his last year of high school. Surrounded by a family who doesn't accept him, students who are horrified by him or praying on his...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46946242">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Karin Librarian for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>Billy Bloom has been forced to move to Florida for his senior year of High School. His mom, a little on the bi-polar side, couldn't take his flamboyant attitude toward life anymore. Billy is a self-proclaimed &quot;Gender Obscurist,&quot; a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67093897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Considering this wouldn't have been published on the YA circuit even ten years ago, Freak Show is a major accomplishment.  Yes, it does belong to the theme of &quot;I'm not accepted in high school because I'm a ________, but I will overcome the prejudices of others to be accepted as myself!&quot;  I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61165269">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don’t think many people understand the hurt, and pain LGBT people go through, throughout the book it demonstrates many of the incidents LGBT people go through. The book is about a boy named Billy who is fabouloso he likes to dress in drag, clothes that usually stand out more than normal clothes ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52721972">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66249769">
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Billy Bloom isn't like other boys. Mostly because he's FABULOUS. Unfortunately, students at his new school don't like his gender bender style and decide that one &quot;faggot&quot; at Eisenhower High School is too many. As their hate crimes escalate, Billy takes them in stride until one day the assa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66249769">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gotta hand to to James St. James:  he IS the voice of the teen drag-queen.  How you feel about this book hinges on your appreciation of the narrator, Billy Bloom.  If you think he's plucky, fabulous and outrageous, then the book is as well.  If you, like I, eventually tire of Billy's camp, then the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52646504">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40753032">
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  <read_at>Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[James St. James is a great writer, fun to read, and can build suspense, and you naturally want to love this character for being a plucky hero/ine, but I found everyone around Billy to be a flat cartoon stereotype to serve his needs and he comes off as very narcissistic. <br/><br/>One thing that wo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40753032">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet another quick YA read, but this one was excellent. James' writing style is quite unique and takes some getting used to, and I'm not sure I ever did get used to it. But don't let that put you off the book. <em>Freak Show</em> is a brilliant near stream-of-consciousness book about, simply put, what it mean...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60422408">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40929336">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun book. Unique style that probably isn't for everyone but I enjoyed it very much. Quick read, hilarious with a good message.<br/><br/>Now get up - <em>slowly</em> - and go to the full-length mirror. Take off all your clothes and look at yourself - <em>Really look at yourself.</em><br/><br/>Now go have a good cr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40929336">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50855477">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[James St. James wrote a young adult book?!?! That was my first thought upon seeing that the author of this book was none other than the notorious club kid who wrote <em>Disco Bloodbath</em>, which was made into the movie <em>Party Monster</em>. With all the sex, drugs, murder and glitter in <em>Party Monster</em>, I was skept...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50855477">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Flamboyant is too tame an adjective for Billy Bloom, who was born to be fabulous; a drag queen with a flair for the grotesque and the surreal as well as the glamorous. Unfortunately, for his senior year his father enrolls him in an ultra-conservative school ruled by jocks and cheerleaders. When Bill...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66553587">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[i really liked this book. i really liked the pacing, the language, the tension, the melodrama, and the grit. and the OTT topic, of course: 17-year-old drag queen invades his new Souther Florida prep school with forcible fabulousness. and then gets the shit beat out of him.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Billy Bloom is a self-declared glitteroid queen and gender obscurist. Too fabulous to declare himself a general drag queen, Billy knows who he is and isn't afraid to share it with the world. Unfortunately for him, the world does not share his &quot;equality for all&quot; views. Billy has moved from ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53256718">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[what can i say?  it's a beautiful, funny, tragic, wonderful, engaging, enchanting, delicious story.<br/><br/>WHAT ARE YOU DOING STILL READING THIS???  GO!  GET THEE TO A BOOKSTORE!!!<br/><br/>READ FREAKSHOW.  YOU CAN THANK ME LATER.]]></body>
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