Queen of a Kind by Sheila Michelle

13-year-old wealthy heiress Grace Garrett has everything most girls would want. A loving family, a wardrobe to die for, and a house that looks more like a hotel than a home — and she doesn't take any of it for granted. But there is one thing Grace doesn't have that she wants — she wants to be Beaumont High School's 20th Queen.

Beaumont High School in Paradise, Nevada is not your typical, wealthy high school. Having been around for 100 years, it has traditions that no other school has, and the one tradition that stands out among them all is one that they've had for the past 75 years, and that's their prestigious Beaumont High School Queen. A Beaumont Queen is nothing like a one-night-reign Homecoming or Prom Queen, a Beaumont Queen's reign lasts all four years she is at Beaumont, starting on the first day of school her freshman year, and ending on graduation day her senior year. For a Beaumont Queen, the word reign means the same thing as job since a job is what it is. And since this job is four years, it’s not available every year so a girl has to be lucky to fall into the four-year mark, as Beaumont calls it, to even have a chance at becoming a Beaumont Queen, and Grace is one of those lucky girls, because Beaumont High School’s four-year mark is once again here and they have 19 Beaumont Queens to date, and they are looking for their 20th.

Beaumont is serious about their queens and is always looking for the best, and not a girl who thinks she’s the best because she is the best looking and has the best collection of designer clothes, shoes, and handbags out of everyone she knows, as well as being the one that all the boys dream about being with. Bratty and selfish girls also need not apply, but they still do. Since they’re all spoiled in some way because this is just the life that they live, they have to show the Beaumont Queen Organization why they have what it takes to be Beaumont’s 20th Queen because the job is strictly about merit. But no matter how high — or low — a girl thinks of herself, she can’t resist the chance to have a high school job that consists of worldwide traveling, meeting people from all walks of life, and giving talks to sellout crowds — and this is just the beginning.