Liz holds a few people in high regard: her grandparents, who sacrificed everything to raise her and Robbie after their mom died her music teacher, who helped prepare her for a scholarship audition and her brother’s doctor, who inspired her to become a doctor as well.īut when Liz doesn’t respect an adult, it’s obvious. She’ll need to take a stand against those prejudiced against her, fight through some family trauma and learn how to be confident in her own skin, as a queen would be. However, if Liz really wants to win that scholarship, she’ll have to do more than put on a temporary farce to win the approval of her classmates. She also manages to find love in Mack, a new girl at their school also running for queen. Throughout the process, she makes new friends, rediscovers old ones and even loses a few. She’ll have to battle her anxiety and make herself known when all she wants to do is sink back into non-existent bliss. She’s the top of her class, which accounts for a small portion of who will end up on prom court, and she has friends who are ready to strategize, campaign and completely redesign Liz’s public image.īut as a shy, relatively unknown student, Liz must put herself into situations that require her to be outgoing, friendly and happy. And she can only do that if she secures the funds to go to Pennington.ĭuring her run for queen, Liz has a few advantages. Her dream is to get her undergraduate degree at Pennington (the school her mom went to) and then move on to medical school so she can develop a cure for sickle cell anemia-the disease that killed her mom and that Robbie inherited. Liz is hesitant because as a poor, black girl, she just doesn’t feel like she fits the “Prom Queen” bill.īut, then again, she doesn’t have much of a choice. However, her younger brother, Robbie, suggests that Liz run for Prom Queen at their high school since the winner is awarded a scholarship.

When Liz receives news that she hasn’t been selected for a music scholarship, she panics, worrying that her grandparents will sell their house in order to pay for her tuition.

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