Beauty
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- ¥1,400
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- ¥1,400
発行者による作品情報
What's it like to be the most beautiful girl in the world?
Molly desperately wants to be beautiful. And that's what she tells Dharma, the mysterious portrait artist who sketches her face at the town fair just minutes after she's humiliated in front of Hudson, the guy of her dreams. When Molly wakes up the following morning, she's the most beautiful girl in Miracle, Ohio. Babies coo in her arms, her house fills with flowers from dozens of drooling boys, and she's chosen to be a model for the hottest store in town. Best of all, Hudson finally falls for her.
But Molly soon discovers that beauty--and her wish--comes with a price. She's faced with an impossible choice: Will reclaiming her true identity mean letting go of Hudson for good?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In her first YA novel, adult author Daily offers a modern fairy tale, a cross between Big and "Cinderella," which begins at a fair in Miracle, Ohio. After a humiliating incident, sophomore Molly Davis flees to the edge of the fairgrounds, where she meets a mysterious artist who draws her portrait as Molly wishes she was "the most beautiful girl in Miracle." Molly's wish comes true, and suddenly she is the center of attention at school, impressing even the most popular kids with her dazzling good looks. All goes well until Molly's new fans threaten to crowd out her old friends and, under the evil influence of the school's former queen bee, Molly feels herself changing on the inside, and not for the better. While the book offers some variances on familiar themes, stock characters are overplayed, and the plot relies heavily on coincidence (such as the convenient ways Molly avoids showing her new face to her parents). The message is blatant, but die-hard romantics will enjoy the heroine's acts of redemption and the happily-ever-after conclusion. Ages 12 up.
