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Crystal by Walter Dean Myers

Crystal

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Walter Dean Myers

HarperCollins · Ebook · May 7, 2002

Sixteen-year-old Crystal knows she's blessed.

Coming of AgeAfrican American YAFinding Your Footingyoung
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Who it’s for
A coming-of-age story weighs the pull of modeling against the cost to self-respect.
Genres
Coming of Age, African American YA, Finding Your Footing
Published
HarperCollins, May 7, 2002

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About this book

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.

Ambition and Selfhood

A coming-of-age story weighs the pull of modeling against the cost to self-respect.

Come here for

  • A young woman finding her footing in New York modeling
  • Questions about ambition, identity, and self-respect

Expect

  • Glamour giving way to pressure around her body
  • Tough choices involving friends and beliefs

Where it sits

African American YA59%
Finding Your Footing54%
Coming of Age34%

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Publisher categories

  • Coming of Age
  • Diverse YA Fiction
  • YA Stories About Girls & Women
  • African American YA
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  • YA Poetry
  • Contemporary YA Romance
  • Social Themes for Teens
  • Dating & Sex for Teens
Authors
Walter Dean Myers
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
May 7, 2002
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Coming of Age