![]() ![]() Įven though Liz is afraid of being the center of attention, fears the possibility of being trolled on social media and dislikes public events, she is fueled by the desire to follow her dream of attending Pennington College. Liz hopes to enroll at Pennington with the help of financial aid but when the aid suddenly becomes unavailable, she reluctantly decides to join a contest at her high school which awards scholarships to the prom king and queen. ![]() Liz Lighty longs to leave her hometown of Campbell, Indiana and makes plans to start a new life at the elite Pennington College, where she aims to join their world-renowned orchestra and study to become a doctor. The novel follows Liz Lighty, who hatches a plan to leave the "small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town" she lives in because she feels 'too black, too poor, too awkward' to live her best life there. ![]() The book was given a Stonewall Book honor, and TIME magazine named it one of the best 100 young adult books of all time. You Should See Me in a Crown is a debut young adult novel by Leah Johnson, published by Scholastic in June 2020. ![]()
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