Crystal

Informationen zum Autor Michael L. Printz Award winner and Margaret A. Edwards Award recipient Walter Dean Myers is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. He is the author of Handbook for Boys; Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam; Monster; Bad Boy: A Memoir; and the Newbery Honor Books, Scorpions and Somewhere in the Darkness. He lives in Jersey City, NJ, with his family. You can visit Walter Dean Myers online at www.walterdeanmyersbooks.com. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Walter Dean Myers, Myers Walter Dean
• Publisher: Amistad
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2002
• EAN: 9780064473125
• ISBN: 978-0-06-447312-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 171 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Girls & Women *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Dating & Sex *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Depression *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Diversity & Multicultural *, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Science & Nature / General