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    Crystal
    Crystal
    Crystal
    Audiobook5 hours

    Crystal

    Written by Walter Dean Myers

    Narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson

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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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 10, 2014
    ISBN9781470393595
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    Walter Dean Myers

    Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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    • 4/5
      "Modeling is a tough racket. You have to put up with a lot of garbage. You're earning this money."Crystal is at the beginning of a glamorous modeling career in New York City. But what begins as an exciting experience for the sixteen-year-old becomes more than she bargained for in Crystal by author Walter Dean Myers.I first read this YA novel back in my adolescence. Although the latest edition I read this time may have more than one detail updated from the edition I read decades ago, I can still see why the story painted such an accessible picture for me back then. It says enough, and ultimately hits pretty hard, without spelling everything out.Yes, this is a story about the entertainment industry, modeling intersecting with television and movies, but of course, the importance is in Crystal's journey of self-discovery. And what I understand more this time around is an aspect of the pressure of Crystal's opportunity where her parents are concerned. Now, there were places where I didn't get the best sense of Crystal's personality, and this isn't a sparkling tale with a happy-go-lucky ending, but it's a compelling one.This may be the only novel I read by this late author back in the day, but I plan on trying at least a little more of his work.
    • 3/5
      This book is a very interesting book it can help many young adults(teens). In this book a young girl named Crystal is drop dead gorgeous an dsh ewas offered a job in the modeling business and she accepts the job. Through the whole book you will see ho w crystal will overcome many problems and outshine so many people. This is a grwat book i would offer this book to any one who has a dream.