Juana Fanta Needs a Hero

Juana Fanta Needs a Hero - Hardcover

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Juana Fanta Needs a Hero - Hardcover

Juana Fanta Needs a Hero - Hardcover

by Kyle Casey Chu
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by Kyle Casey Chu (Author)

An eighth grade basketball star must solve the mystery of his drag idol's disappearance--while navigating first love and a looming future--in this sparkling companion to The Queen Bees of Tybee County.

Derrick Chan is shooting for a once-in-a-lifetime high-school basketball scholarship with his childhood best friend, JJ, by his side. But Derrick's life is about more than just free throws since embracing his queer identity and love for drag (even if he's not ready to share either with the whole world quite yet)!

Right now, he's just trying to take his dad's advice: don't sweat the small stuff.
This weekend, however, Derrick's two worlds are colliding in a big way. At a career-defining basketball tournament, where scouts from elite schools are watching his every move, Derrick secretly plans to meet his drag idol, the magnificent Juana Fanta, at the Comic Con held in the very same hotel.

As the stakes skyrocket, team tensions bubble to the surface, including Derrick's own growing feelings for JJ. But when Juana Fanta disappears from the con, Derrick and JJ must team up to find her before she misses her show-stopping live performance.

Can Derrick find a community that celebrates slam dunks on the court and dazzling drag in the spotlight? Can he really save Juana Fanta's future--and his own--in one weekend?

Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 1.01 x 8.41 x 5.81 IN
Publication Date: October 20, 2026
ISBN9780063327009
Author Kyle Casey Chu
PublisherQuill Tree Books
GenreChildren and Sports
FormatHardcover
PublishedOctober 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages256
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Kyle Casey Chu

Kyle Casey Chu, also known as Panda Dulce, is a San Francisco-born-and-raised writer and a founding queen of Drag Story Hour. Her first novel, The Queen Bees of Tybee County (2025), was named an Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Children's Literature Honor title. Andrew W. Shaffer is a San Francisco-based historian of LGBTQ community and culture. His background includes graduate work at the University of San Francisco and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he helped to build the city's first permanent LGBTQ archives. Cindy Lozito is a mixed Latina illustrator, cartoonist, and muralist based in Philadelphia, originally from Queens, New York. Her murals and artwork have appeared at the World Trade Center and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. When she is not illustrating, you can find Lozito giving her terrier mix belly rubs, singing in her local choir, or drinking too much cold brew.

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