Braless in Wonderland - Hardcover

Fischer, Debbie Reed

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525479546 ISBN 13: 9780525479543

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2008

Synopsis

After being approached by a modeling scout and convinced to go to Miami to start a career in the industry, Allee Rosen feels quite out of her element away from her classes and friends, yet as her success grows, the pressure grows, and the in-fighting gets more fierce, Allee finds herself changing in more ways than she could have ever imagined.

About this title

About the Author

Debbie Reed Fischer worked as a booker at one of Miami s hottest modeling agencies. She lives in Boynton Beach, Florida.

From the Back Cover

If you're reading this, you probably think this story is all about me and my glam career as a teen model, right? Wrong. Yes, I was the IT Girl on South Beach for about a minute, but if you're expecting a tale of some top model who wins the heart of a rock star, adopts a third-world baby, launches her own clothing line, gets her own reality show (or at least her own E! True Hollywood Story), and winds up on the cover of Us Weekly, then I better warn you . . . That's not exactly what happened to me.

Reviews

Grade 8 Up—Five-foot-nine Allee Rosen tends to look down her nose at the trendy wendies at her school, including her own kid sister, aka The Fluff. Therefore, Allee is shocked when she gets tapped by a Miami modeling agency for commercial work. Her? Allee Rosen? Brainiac feminist on the fast track to Yale? Granted, her grades will get her into an Ivy League school but her lack of moola won't. Maybe, just maybe, this surprising turn of events is the solution. So what if it goes against everything she believes. Surely she can don some heels and makeup for the sake of her future. Then a funny thing happens—Allee learns that modeling isn't so easy, people aren't always who they seem, feminism is more about empowering women than it is about being dismissive and self-righteous, and she—more than anyone—needs to quit judging a book by its cover. Fischer takes a fun, in-depth peek into the modeling world. With its catty glamour, larger-than-life personas, and Allee's painfully real journey from naive to self-assured, and geek to chic, Braless in Wonderland is a rabbit hole that teens will enjoy exploring.—Terri Clark, Smokey Hill Library, Centennial, CO
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Edition details

• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525479546
• ISBN 13: 9780525479543
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256