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 Twenty Pageants Later - Caroline B. Cooney
Newest Review: ... to being compared to her sister, and has learnt to deal with it: it's not that hard since pageants are a weekend thing, easy ... more  ... to keep separate from her student life. This changes when the school decides to put on a pageant to raise funds for their library, and Dane is drafted in to coach the girls who decided to enter.
Though a typical young adult story in many ways, the book stands out because of the way the young love angle is thrown to the back to make way for the real theme of pageants. Details of these are scattered on every page - the who, the what, the when, the where and the why. Tips on winning are thrown around like confetti, a ...more |
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Twenty Pageants Later - Caroline B. Cooney: Beauty Is The Beast (750 words)
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Scottie-Ann McKane may be smart, but her big sister Dane is beautiful. Not particularly talented, an unremarkable student and verging on anorexic, but beautiful. And in the world of teenage beauty pageants, it's beauty that matters. Caroline B Cooney was one of my favourite authors at secondary school. She writes cheerful, fun stories that are fairly short, and her books still get pulled off the shelves by me when I feel like snuggling up on the sofa under a quilt for a couple of hours of simple storytelling. This has always been one of my favourites because the story revolves around beauty pageants, something I always used to be interested in since they ... Read the complete review
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