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by: Walter Dean Myers
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780064473125
ISBN: 0064473120
Label: Amistad
Manufacturer: Amistad
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: May 01, 2002
Publisher: Amistad
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: May 07, 2002
Sales Rank: 97126
Studio: Amistad
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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.
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Rating: - ::Crystal::
Crystal is 16-year-old girl who has the begging stage of a modeling carrier, in her hometown New York. At first modeling is exciting for Crystal but soon it becomes less about her and more about her body/appearances. When her friend Rowena goes to the hospital over stress and trying to kill her self, Crystal realizes modeling is hard work and not fun and games. Especially when she has a big movie deal with the famous movie writer, Joe Sidney, he tries to get in her pants and make her do things she ... Read More
Rating:  - Struggles of an black teenage model
Walter Dean Myer's novel Crystal (1987) is about how a 16-year-old professional model living in New York learns the truth about what it takes to be in the fashion world. This book is recommended to grades 8-12 and also anyone who wants to know what the fashion industry is like.
At 16, Crystal Brown is in the spotlight as a black fashion model. The world of money, bling bling, fame, and celebrities are all a part of her life. Her career take a lot of time away from family, ... Read More
Rating: - Book Review
The book Crystal, by Walter Dean Myers was a good book in my opinion. This book was a great acount of what life is like to be a teenage model in America. Crystal is a drop dead gorgeous African American fashion model in New York City with a big modeling career ahead of her. Crystal overcame many obstacles in this book. There was always pressure for her to stay thin, look beautiful, and date the right boys for publicity purposes. In this book, Crystal went on many photo shoots where the photographers ... Read More
Rating: - 4.5, really. Well-researched, brilliantly told.
CRYSTAL is a fine book with an important message. I love the vivid pictures of the modeling world, and the way Crystal herself is such a real girl. She's beautiful, but you won't hate her for being so lucky, because Myers keeps her real and presents the downsides of modeling and Crystal's life being devoured by it. While it's aimed at girls ages 10-14, older girls would enjoy it also.
The only reason I took of half a star is the ending. I won't spoil that for you, but if you've read ... Read More
Rating:  - pretty good (no pun intended, well maybe! lol)
This was a nice book. It really made you see the modeling world from a whole different point of view. I liked it!
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