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  • Age Range: 12 and up
  • Grade Level: 7 and up
  • Lexile Measure: HL690L (What's this?)
  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Scholastic Press; First Edition edition (May 24, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0439895979
  • ISBN-13: 978-0439895972
  • Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 5.8 x 8.5 inches
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3.0 out of 5 starsBeauty is More Than Skin Deep
By Jennifer VINE VOICE on May 16, 2011
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The most important thing to know before reading Beauty Queens is that this novel does not take itself seriously at all. It's a satirical take on the world of pageantry, and how society is forced to live up to ridiculous beauty standards and personal beliefs. The book begins with a plane crash on a remote desert island, but it's nowhere near as dramatic as the beginning of Lost: The Complete Collection or even Lord of the Flies. Instead, it's written very tongue and cheek and you'll find it very hard not to chuckle your way through it. Only a small group of beauty queen contestants for the Teen Dream pageant are left. Taylor (Miss Texas) beats out Adina by just a few votes to lead the group. Instead of focusing on survival and rescue, Taylor wants the girls to continue with practicing for the pageant. Adina, an undercover teen reporter, thinks this is a foolish decision and that they need to learn how to keep themselves alive until rescue comes.

At first some of the girls might come off as shallow and not worth the time to even read Beauty Queens, but soon enough the reader learns that these girls are not what they seem. In fact, most of them (with the exception of Taylor) have bigger dreams than winning some stupid teenage pageant.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsSilly, fun satire. It's over the top funny!
By shortandsweet on May 31, 2011
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Take pure silly fun, mix in some witty satire, and wrap it all up in a sparkly tiara and you have Libba Bray's "Beauty Queens". This book is over the top, crazy and absolutely priceless. I enjoyed every minute and found myself laughing out loud (which I rarely do) throughout.

It's the story of a group of competitive girls, stranded on a remote island, forced to figure out how to survive. They were vying for the Teen Dream crown, but now it's for their lives. Meanwhile, there is something fishy going on. One of the girls spots lights coming from the other side of the island and also - why hasn't anyone rescued them yet? In this world, things are run by "The Corporation" from what you watch on TV to what detergent you buy. Scattered throughout the book are little ads, interviews, and other randomness related to "The Corporation" and its products. How is "The Corporation" involved and can the girls survive without hot boys, lip gloss and flat irons? Well, you'll just have to read to find out.

Before I go on, I have a confession to make. I'm a former teen pageant girl. I was Miss Wisconsin Teen America for two consecutive Miss Teen America pageants. Yeah, I'm that cool. So, this book connected with me. It reminded me of the adventures I went through as a teen. I never really went any further with pageantry, but I went to a lot of them during "my reign". Libba Bray's characters did remind me of some of the interesting people I met during my pageant days. Though most of the girls I met were incredibly sweet and intelligent young ladies (and are still my friends today!), I met my fair share of characters too. Ahh.. the good ol' days.

Libba Bray's word play is brilliant. She plays it overly sweet with a bitter aftertaste.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsSnarky and Hilarious!
By OpheliasOwn VINE VOICE on March 16, 2013
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When satire is done well, I mean really well, there is nothing like it. The subtle (or not so subtle) poking of fun at society is so skillful, you almost don't recognize it at first. I love to teach Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five to my senior literature classes because satire is such an interesting literary tool for inward self-realization. But Young Adult literature doesn't often touch satire; I guess because it is a sophisticated method of writing? But Libba Bray wasn't afraid to break down the boundaries for YA lit with Beauty Queens. She wrote a hilarious, scathing, and eerily familiar satire that will have you laughing and reflecting the whole time you plow through this "beauty"!

When 50 girls, one from each state, fly to the Miss Teen Dream contest, they didn't expect a plane crash on a deserted island. They especially didn't expect to have to learn to survive on their own. Only a handful of girls survive the crash, and all the adults are killed. The girls that do survive are a motley crew, full of a transgender former boy band singer, an anti-pageant feminist who plans to take Miss Teen Dream down from the outside, a die-hard Texan beauty queen, a budding young lesbian, and a girl with a severe hearing impairment, among others. The minorities are of course represented, as they should always be, with an Indian girl who touts her immigrant success story, but is really just a valley girl, and a black girl from Colorado who everyone notices doesn't "talk black". That's right, all your cliches and stereotypes are present and accounted for!

The Corporation runs the pageant, as well as most of the world. They create/control most TV, products, and even the secret (or not-so-secret) arms deals.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsThis book solidified why I like her books so much

I was already a BIG Libba Bray fan. This book solidified why I like her books so much. I don't even know where to start.... Read more

Published 2 days ago by MarisG
3.0 out of 5 starsI'd honestly give this one a 3.5, Cute and fun, anything but serious

I was pleasantly surprised by this one, I have to admit. I haven’t read Lord of the Flies in ages, so comparing it is a bit tough. Read more

Published 5 days ago by Aliceof1derland
5.0 out of 5 starshysterical... full of satire

I'm currently listening to this book and its narrated by the author so the characters are portrayed her way. She has me rolling. Read more

Published 7 days ago by Gail E. Sullivan-bertran
5.0 out of 5 starsTerrific audiobook production

Fantastic satire on beauty pageants, reality TV, scripted TV, and American politics.

I listened to the audiobook version, and, holy cow did it ever deserve its Audie... Read more

Published 7 days ago by S. Person
5.0 out of 5 starsHELL YES

I loved it so much. It was like a better, girlier Lord of the Flies. It was so so GOOD.

Published 16 days ago by Deknee
3.0 out of 5 starsI read that this was similar to "Lord of the ...

I read that this was similar to "Lord of the Flies". It was written at a 7th grade reading level with subjects that don't seem appropriate for 7th graders. Read more

Published 25 days ago by Laura Netz
5.0 out of 5 starsI don't understand, but this book floors me.

This book really reaches out to my young feminist and past beauty pageant contestant heart. I mean, it's so tacky and cliche but actually not at all? Read more

Published 1 month ago by Jillian
5.0 out of 5 starsbut I'm glad I gave this book a shot

I was skeptical about reading a book about beauty queens trapped on an island, but I'm glad I gave this book a shot! This is a fantastic, intersectional book! Read more

Published 1 month ago by Chrys
1.0 out of 5 starsHated every minute of reading this book

Hated every minute of reading this book, but had to for my book club. Apparently the audio book was better.

Published 2 months ago by Adrienne
5.0 out of 5 starsFeminist YA! Hallelujah!

One of the best feminist YA books I have ever read. I can't recommend this book enough.

Published 2 months ago by Barbara Kate Berger

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