The
Corporation is flying the fifty contestants and entire production crew to
Paradise Cove for the 41st Miss Teen Dream pageant when disaster
strikes. The plane crash lands on a seemingly uninhabited desert island. Only
fourteen contestants survive and none of the crew. Left with a few bottle of
water and a handful of bagged pretzels, these fourteen teenage beauty
contestants must find a way to survive until they are rescued, if they don’t
kill one another first.
Adina
Greenberg, Miss New Hampshire, only entered the Miss Teen Dream pageant for an
expose on beauty pageants for her school newspaper. She quickly spars with the
quintessential contestant, Miss Texas Taylor Rene Krystal Hawkins who believes they
should continue their pageant preparation over finding a way to survive on the
island. When the remaining girls vote to make Taylor their leader over Adina, it’s
not long before each girl scrambles to keep their secrets hidden.
In spite of
everything, Taylor turns out to be quite the leader. The girls pull together
and start to make an existence for themselves in the island. They are quite
proud of all the work they have accomplished. Friendships are formed and true identities are revealed. But soon, the realization of
their situation begins to set in. Turns out, these teen beauty queens are not
alone after all.
Beauty Queens is a hilarious romp part Lord of the Flies, part Lost and a whole lot of girl empowerment
that pokes fun at beauty pageants, corporate America, celebrities and every
social issue under the sun. No one is safe from Ms. Bray’s humorous jabs,
including your funny bone. The author herself reads the audio version of this book. Definitely worth listening to.
Visit Libba Bray’s website.
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