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Bray, Libba

Beauty Queens

396 pp. | Scholastic | May, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-439-89597-2 $18.99
(2) YA Teen beauty pageant contestants whose plane has crashed use their "can-do" spirit to survive on what they assume is a deserted island. (Actually, it's home to a government conspiracy.) The book is a smart, wickedly funny send-up of pageant culture; Bray also goes deeper to show how our culture's insidious focus on female perfection keeps girls from being who they are.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2011

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