Red White & Royal Blue meets The West Wing in Jasper Sanchez's electric and insightful
#ownvoices YA debut chronicling a transmasculine student's foray into a no-holds-barred
student body president election against the wishes of his politician father. Optics can make or
break an election. Everything Mark knows about politics he learned from his father the
Congressman who still pretends he has a daughter and not a son. Mark has promised to keep his
past hidden and pretend to be the cis guy everyone assumes he is. But when he sees a
manipulatively charming candidate for student body president inflame dangerous rhetoric Mark
risks his low profile to become a political challenger. The problem? No one really knows Mark.
He didn't grow up in this town and his few friends are all nerds. Still thanks to Scandal and
The West Wing they know where to start: from campaign stops to voter polling to a fashion
makeover. Soon Mark feels emboldened to engage with voters-and even start a new romance. But
with an investigative journalist digging into his past a father trying to silence him and the
bully frontrunner standing in his way Mark will have to decide which matters most: perception
or truth when both are just as dangerous. Mind-bogglingly good. This is a novel that every
teen needs. -Kacen Callender author of Felix Ever After Charming stunning and
unapologetically queer. -Mason Deaver bestselling author of I Wish You All the Best and The
Ghosts We Keep
