Such a Pretty Face: Short Stories About Beauty

ann angel

With stories by acclaimed and exciting new YA writers:
Louise Hawes
J. James Keels
Ron Koertge
Chris Lynch
Norma Fox Mazer
Lauren Myracle
Jamie Pittel
Anita Riggio
Mary Ann Rodman
Ellen Wittlinger
Jacqueline Woodson
Tim Wynne-Jones

"A stellar line-up of young adult writers examines our relationship with beauty in stories that haunt, amuse, stir, and fascinate."

A beauty queen with a chin-hair problem, an aspiring model who would rather take pictures than be in them, a boy in love with the gorgeous nurse he's never seen, a girl named Beauty who feels like anything but...the teenagers in these dozen stories feel the power of beauty, whether its to trap, save, torment, or comfort. In an era when image seems to have triumphed over virtue and reason, this timely, discussion-provoking collection asks young readers to think about what is truly beautiful.

Genres short storiesyoung adultanthologies

240 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1,2007

This edition

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Published: May 1, 2007 by Amulet
ISBN: 9780810916074
ASIN: 081091607X
Language: English

About the author

ann angel

When I'm not writing or teaching at a women's college in Milwaukee, I hang with my family which includes my four grown kids, my husband Jeff and a cat named Sparkie. Jeff, who was an only child, loved to be around my siblings when we were dating. Ann Angel was one of nine kids — he once said, "This isn't a family; it's an experience."