Beautiful

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When Cassie moves from the tiny town where she has always lived to a suburb of Seattle, she is determined to leave her boring, good-girl existence behind. This is Cassies chance to stop being invisible and become the kind of girl whos worth noticing. Stepping into her new identity turns out to be easier than Cassie could have ever imagined…one moment, one choice, will change everything. Cassies new existence both thrills and terrifies her. Swept into a world of illicit parties and social landmines, she sheds her virginity, embraces the numbness she feels from the drugs, and floats through it all, knowing that she is now called beautiful. She ignores the dangers of her fast-paced lifebut she cant sidestep the secrets and the cruelty. Cassie is trapped in a swift downward spiral tinged with violence and abuse, and no onenot even the one person she thought she could trustcan help her now. “Beautiful is stark, disquieting and, quite simply, riveting. Amy Reed is an author to keep on your radar.” –Ellen Hopkins, bestselling author ofCrank “A latter-day Go Ask Alice, Beautiful is raw, gritty, and powerful, an intense ice-pick jab to the heart. A stunning debut and a must-read.” –R.A. Nelson, author of Teach Me “In crisp, clean prose Amy Reed places the reader right into the heart and mind and life of a girl who makes the choice to be one of the beautiful ones. Reed gives a disturbing and concise snapshot of what it can be like today for teens struggling with self-identity and peer acceptance when in a heartbeat they follow the ‘wrong road.'” –M. Sindy Felin, National Book Award Finalist for Touching Snow

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