Jackson Bright in the Spotlight
A Novel
$26.99
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
5 December 2025
Summary
From drag superstar Eureka O’Hara and bestselling author Dan Poblocki comes a beautiful, buoyant middle-grade novel about a boy who enters a local pageant—as a drag queen!
When Jackson Bright wears a dress to the last day of school, he expects to be complimented on the cute polka-dot design. Instead, he gets sent to the principal’s office. Jackson doesn’t know why people are saying that he needs to “dress like a boy.” And with all the discussions of “dressing like a b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781419773655 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1419773658 |
| Author: | Eureka O'Hara, Dan Poblocki, Ricardo Bessa |
| Publisher: | Abrams |
| Imprint: | Amulet Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 5 December 2025 |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 140mm x 203mm |
| Audience Age: | 10-14 |
Critics Review
STARRED REVIEW
“Coauthors O’Hara (who appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race) and Poblocki excel at creating nuanced character development, which both solo readers and book clubs will appreciate…A fierce and fabulous read!”
In this touching debut by RuPaul’s Drag Race competitor O’Hara, in collaboration with Poblocki, giggle-inducing fart jokes keep things light, even as Jackson navigates serious conversations about depression, homophobia, and the difficulties—and eventual pleasures—of being oneself. * Publishers Weekly *
Eureka O'Hara
Eureka O’Hara started out as a small country child in the heart of East Tennessee. She is known for competing on RuPaul’s Drag Race and as the co-host of We’re Here on HBO. One of O’Hara’s goals is to give people of difference around the world the confidence to go out and live their dreams. O’Hara wrote Jackson Bright in the Spotlight, her debut novel, because she wanted to create something that could have inspired her when she was growing up. As a self-proclaimed Elephant Queen to her fans, O’Hara’s passion for elephants reflects how she perceives herself: a large, majestic big mama. She regards those family-oriented and brilliant pachyderms as the best representation of size-positivity, kindness, and love, and she fights to protect those traits in all of us. She lives in LA.
Dan Poblocki is an author of mystery, horror, and adventure novels for young people. He is the coauthor with Neil Patrick Harris of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits (writing under the pen name Alec Azam). He’s also the author of Tales to Keep You Up at Night, The Stone Child, The Nightmarys, the Mysterious Four series, and many more. His books The Ghost of Graylock and The Haunting of Gabriel Ashe were JLG selections and made the American Library Association’s Best Fiction for Young Adults list.
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