Dyan Sheldon's vain, melodramatic, and utterly lovable Lola will appeal to any young reader who has angled for acceptance. Mary Elizabeth Cep (or Lola, as she prefers to be called) longs to be in the spotlight. But when she moves to New Jersey with her family and becomes a student at Dellwood "Deadwood" High, Lola discovers that the role of resident drama queen is already filled--by the Born-to-Win, Born-to-Run-Everything Carla Santini. Carla has always gotten everything she wants-that is, until Lola comes along and snags the lead in the school play. Can Lola survive Carla's attempts at retaliation? Will Lola and her best friend, Ella, find a way to crash their favorite band's concert hall and farewell party in New York City--to which Carla has already gained entrance? And once the curtain goes up on the school play, which drama queen will take center stage?

'It has taken me several years of exploration, but I am at a place now where I see autism as neither an affliction nor a superpower. It's just the blueprint for who I am. There is no cure, but that's absolutely fine by me. To cure me of my autism would be to cure me of myself.' During the first thirty years of her life, comedy script writer Sara Gibbs had been labelled a lot of things - a cry baby, a scaredy cat, a spoiled brat, a weirdo, a show off - but more than anything else, she'd been called a Drama Queen. No one understood her behaviour, her meltdowns or her intense emotions. She felt like everyone else knew a social secret that she hadn't been let in on; as if life was a party she hadn't been invited to. Why was everything so damn hard? Little did Sara know that, at the age of thirty, she would be given one more label that would change her life's trajectory forever. That one day, sitting next to her husband in a clinical psychologist's office, she would learn that she had never been a drama queen, or a weirdo, or a cry baby, but she had always been autistic. Drama Queen is both a tour inside one autistic brain and a declaration that a diagnosis on the spectrum, with the right support, accommodations and understanding, doesn't have to be a barrier to life full of love, laughter and success. It is the story of one woman trying to fit into a world that has often tried to reject her and, most importantly, it's about a life of labels, and the joy of ripping them off one by one.

Drama queens come from all walks of life, regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality or socioeconomic status. Drama queens perceive danger where there is none. They personalise things that aren't personal. They spend hours trying to control things they have no control over. This book provides solutions for those who are trapped in 'drama queen' mode. They learn how to say goodbye to unnecessary response styles that make them feel unhappy and stressed out. Partners also learn how to cope with - and understand - their behaviour, and learn how to support them.

Sylvia Jean has an amazing costume for every occasion, but when a party is announced with a prize for the best costume, she cannot think of what to wear.

When Gabby and her friend Roy decide to put on a play about "Queen Gabriella" for their neighbor, the two make use of letters from Gabby's magic book to create words that form a stage and props for their performance.

Saira is all of ten. She is a pampered and lively girl. Her best of times are spent with her besties at school. She has an opinion on almost everything and does not think twice before saying it way too loud. And yes, she does get carried away at times and exaggerates things well beyond their limits. But she has a good side too; she can feel sorry too. Her least favorite subject is math, and she wades through its treacherous numerical waves heroically. Of course, often during this, she makes a fool of herself! But hey! Thats life. She walks along in her everyday life, being quizzical and humorous. Its a hilarious roller-coaster ride in which her mother seems to play the role of a hyperventilating person, an overworked woman when it comes to her kids. Her brother is younger than her and a real pain in the unmentionable (thats how she sees it). He is forever driving her up the wall, and his happiness at this drives her crazy. She has great bonding with her friends; its like a small sisterhood. They have their own cool way of talking. The girls share all their craziness and even their distaste for the girl Mehar. Maddening schemes, and crazy playdates make her life fun. Share it with her! And maybe youll find a little bit of someone you know reflecting in her.