Genre: Humorous Fiction
Themes: Survival, Feminism, Girls, Friendship
Author information: Libba Bray lives in Brooklyn NY by way of Alabama (where she was born). She is snarky, nerdy, and wordy. Find out more about her at her blog @ libbrabray.wordpress.com.
Plot summary: When a plane crash strands a group of teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to stay upright in their heels while looking for food and shelter, not to steal or maim each other for make-up, and find out what a true beauty queen does when faced with life or death challenges.
Booktalk: What's your worst nightmare? Take a second and picture it.... Ok. If you think that is bad, picture this -- thirteen beauty contestants. Teen beauty contestants. On a plane. With all their stuff. A plane that crashes. With almost all their stuff. On a deserted island. Isn't that the stuff of nightmares? Will the story go all Hunger Games? Or maybe more Lord of the Flies? Read Beauty Queens by Libba Bray to find out...
If you loved this, you'll like:
Barnes, John. Tales of the Madman Underground. Viking, 2009.
Going, K.L. Fat Kid Rules the World. Putnam, 2003.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Doubleday, 203.
Sachar, Louis. The Cardturner. Delacorte, 2010.
Zusak, Markus. I Am the Messenger. Knopf, 2005.
Other books by this author:
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy:
A Great and Terrible Beautiy. Delacorte, 2003.
Rebel Angels. Delacorte, 2005.
The Sweet Far Thing. Delacorte, 2007.
Going Bovine. Delacorte, 2009.
The Diviners. Little, Brown, 2012.
Themes: Survival, Feminism, Girls, Friendship
Author information: Libba Bray lives in Brooklyn NY by way of Alabama (where she was born). She is snarky, nerdy, and wordy. Find out more about her at her blog @ libbrabray.wordpress.com.
Plot summary: When a plane crash strands a group of teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to stay upright in their heels while looking for food and shelter, not to steal or maim each other for make-up, and find out what a true beauty queen does when faced with life or death challenges.
Booktalk: What's your worst nightmare? Take a second and picture it.... Ok. If you think that is bad, picture this -- thirteen beauty contestants. Teen beauty contestants. On a plane. With all their stuff. A plane that crashes. With almost all their stuff. On a deserted island. Isn't that the stuff of nightmares? Will the story go all Hunger Games? Or maybe more Lord of the Flies? Read Beauty Queens by Libba Bray to find out...
If you loved this, you'll like:
Barnes, John. Tales of the Madman Underground. Viking, 2009.
Going, K.L. Fat Kid Rules the World. Putnam, 2003.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Doubleday, 203.
Sachar, Louis. The Cardturner. Delacorte, 2010.
Zusak, Markus. I Am the Messenger. Knopf, 2005.
Other books by this author:
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy:
A Great and Terrible Beautiy. Delacorte, 2003.
Rebel Angels. Delacorte, 2005.
The Sweet Far Thing. Delacorte, 2007.
Going Bovine. Delacorte, 2009.
The Diviners. Little, Brown, 2012.