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Crystal
Contributor(s): Myers, Walter Dean (Author)

ISBN: 0064473120 ISBN-13: 9780064473125
Publisher: Amistad Books for Young Readers

OUR PRICE: $8.54

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2002
Annotation: Being a superstar isn't as easy as many think, as Crystal finds out when the dark side of the glamorous world of modeling threatens to envelop her. She must decide on her own what she wants more--to be a beautiful model, or to be herself.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - African American
- Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2001039869

Age Level: 13-UP

Grade Level: 8-UP

Lexile Measure: 610(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.57" H x 4.48" W x 6.86" L (0.24 lbs) 208 pages

Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 05/06/2002 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 05/06/2002

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 59245
Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

Sixteen-year-old Crystal knows she's blessed. She is drop-dead gorgeous and in the beginning stages of a glamorous career as a model in New York City. At first, modeling is exciting. But soon, her life becomes less and less about her, and more and more about her body. Crystal wonders if her new life is worth giving up everything -- her friends, her beliefs, and her self-respect.

Contributor Bio(s): Myers, Walter Dean: -

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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