Synopses & Reviews
“Queen is smart. Queen is pretty. But nobody likes her except her kitty.”
Queens housethe biggest one on 33rd Street--looks just like a castle, and in her bedroom, she has dozens of beautiful dresses and crowns. Queen thinks shes a real queen, and she treats everyone, even her teacher, like her royal subject.
When a new kid comes to Queens school, riding a broken bike and wearing smelly, worn-out clothes, Queen joins her classmates in making fun of him. Her parents insist she be nice to Leroy, but Queen doesn't see why she should. Leroy doesnt just stink; Queen thinks he tells lieswhoppers in fact. And when he says hes an African prince from Senegal, Queen makes it her mission to prove Leroy is an impostor.
But as she gets closer to discovering Leroys real story, Queen learns the unexpected from her broken bike boy: what being a good friend and “happily ever after” really mean.
Synopsis
A two-time Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book winner tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a spoiled young girl named Queen who reigns supreme over 33rd Street, and the new kid at school, who tells everyone he's an African prince from Senegal.