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| Original Title: | Beauty Queens |
| ISBN: | 0439895979 (ISBN13: 9780439895972) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Taylor (Miss Texas), Adina (Miss New Hampshire) |
| Setting: | an island in the middle of nowhere |
| Literary Awards: | Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Young Adult Novel (2011), Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors (2012), Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Young Adult Literature (2011), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2012), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2011) James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List (2011) |
Libba Bray
Hardcover | Pages: 396 pages Rating: 3.62 | 48424 Users | 7637 Reviews
Mention Appertaining To Books Beauty Queens
| Title | : | Beauty Queens |
| Author | : | Libba Bray |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 396 pages |
| Published | : | May 24th 2011 by Scholastic Press |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Humor. Fiction. LGBT. Audiobook. Teen |
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The 50 contestants in the Miss Teen Dream pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and compete in front of the cameras. But sadly, their airplane had another idea, crashing on a desert island and leaving the survivors stranded with little food, little water, and practically no eyeliner. What’s a beauty queen to do? Continue to practice for the talent portion of the program - or wrestle snakes to the ground? Get a perfect tan - or learn to run wild? And what should happen when the sexy pirates show up? Welcome to the heart of non-exfoliated darkness.Rating Appertaining To Books Beauty Queens
Ratings: 3.62 From 48424 Users | 7637 ReviewsColumn Appertaining To Books Beauty Queens
4 Stars! I really enjoyed this book. Super funny, entertaining, and real.CW: death/ mild violence, transphobia, racism, and sexism (all challenged in text)I had a lot of fun with Beauty Queens! This story is very engaging and entertaining. Libba Bray is hilarious, and the many ridiculous situations these girls get into will absolutely keep you chuckling the entire time. If you disliked Lord of the Flies when you were forced to read it in high school, you may actually enjoy this story about teensBITCHES!! HEY!! BITCHES!! OVER HERE!! excuse me - i mean young ladies. put down that stephanie meyer book. is that cosmo girl?? yeah, lose that. stop reading the clique and get over here right now.don't read anything else until you read this book. you can even stop reading this review, i don't care, as long as you read this book. well, the book comes out tomorrow, so you might as well finish reading this review after all. when caris reviewed this book ages ago, i knew it was going to be a book
4.5 ; rtcare you a woman? do you identify as a woman? do you deal with sexism on a daily basis? are you a trans woman? are you a gay/bisexual woman? are you a woman who has a high sex drive? are you a woman of color? are you a woman who likes makeup? are you a woman who doesnt? are you fed up with the way the media represents women, as sex objects to please men? are you a feminist? if you answered yes to any of these questions, you NEED to read this book. if you didnt, I urge you to read it
This was a ridiculously fun book! A satire/lampoon of so many things it was hard to keep track (but I tried): beauty pageants, gender roles, commercialism, marketing, government corruption, etc. etc. etc. It was bizarre . . . It was silly . . . It was fantastic!While geared toward the YA crowd, I think the tongue-in-cheek cynicism is something that can be appreciated by anyone who enjoys smart, sarcastic humor. Bray makes a lot of really great points through a story that could easily be
According to this book and the Teen Dream Beauty contestants, women and particularly girls tend to apologise immediately before or after voicing their opinion. For example: "I'm sorry but I just think..." or "I really don't like such-and-such, sorry but that's just my opinion". So in true girl power spirit I'm going to openly, honestly and without apology declare that I EFFIN' LOVED THIS BOOK! In every single possible way.This is what every teenage girl should be reading. In fact, scratch that,
This book was definitely very different than what I thought. I thought this was done really, really well and I couldn't dislike it because it just has so many amazing themes. I respect Libba Bray so, so much for writing this. There's so much representation and feminism and I definitely understand why it's an option for the juniors at my school to read as an independent novel. I just wish some of the boys would pick it up, too. In the end, this was just a little too random and bizarre for me. I
Before we begin, let me just say this: I feel really bad about the review I'm going to write here. Normally, I don't mind writing negative reviews - in fact, much for the same reason I always get a little thrill when someone trolls my reviews, I sort of enjoy doling out negative criticism (for the psychology behind this, please refer to Anton Ego's monologue on criticism at the end of Ratatouille) Especially when it's an author I dislike - I can and will trash Twilight until its memory is wiped
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