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Whitney Huston once sang that learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all; this is only one of many lessons to be learned in Beauty Queens. Fourteen Miss Teen Dream Pageant contestants survive a plane crash on a deserted island. Not knowing when rescue will arrive, the girls set about the business of survival-food, water, and shelter-while their self-appointed leader, Miss...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Gr 9 Up—Whip-smart social commentary, surreal plot elements, and feminist themes come together in this bizarre and brilliant story about a group of beauty pageant contestants stranded on a remote island after a plane crash. Undaunted by disaster, the teens hone their survival skills as they practice dance routines and pageant interviews, while a ruthless corporation secretly plans to use them as pawns in an arms deal with an insane dictator. Beneath an entertaining veneer of witty dialogue and comic absurdity lies a thought-provoking explor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

It's The Lord of the Flies with sparkle and hair-straightening irons. Except here, the castaways, teen beauty pageant contestants whose plane has crashed en route to competition, don't degenerate into savagery; they use their "can-do" Miss Teen Dream spirit to survive—even thrive—on what they assume is a deserted island. (Actually, it's home to a government conspiracy.) Oh, and the straightening irons? They use those to catch fish. At first, Bray's novel seems to be simply a s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Teen beauty pageant contestants whose plane has crashed use their "can-do" spirit to survive on what they assume is a dese...Log In or Sign Up to Read More