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Crystal

by Walter Dean Myers · 1987

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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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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 208 pages

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