Putting makeup on the fat boy

Description:

Sixteen-year-old Carlos Duarte is on the verge of realizing his dream of becoming a famous make-up artist, but first he must face his jealous boss at a Macy's cosmetics counter, his sister's abusive boyfriend, and his crush on a punk-rocker classmate.

subjects: Makeup artists,  Family life,  Single-parent families,  Homosexuality,  High schools,  Schools,  Hispanic Americans,  Fiction,  Families,  Juvenile fiction,  YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBT,  Cosmetics,  YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings,  YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  LGBTQ young adult,  Stonewall Book Awards,  Lambda Literary Awards,  Lambda Literary Award Winner,  Children's fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Single-parent families, fiction,  Hispanic americans, fiction,  Schools, fiction,  Homosexuality, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Artists, fiction,  collection:mike_morgan_larry_romans_childrens_young_adult_literature_award=winner

Places: New York (State),  New York (N.Y.),  New York