Download or read book In the Country of Queens written by Cari Best and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1961, shy and overprotected eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns must begin speaking up if she is to do what she wants, including talking about her beloved, deceased father.