A Black teenager's rapid ascent to the top as the latest modeling sensation reveals that the world of high fashion is a lot less glamorous than one might imagine. Complexity and conflict emerge through Crystal's outward development as a successful, rising star and inward development as a maturing, thinking young woman. A provocative thoughtful novel raises questions about society's standards of beauty, women as objects, racism and ethics, and it does so with intelligence, style, and grace. (Age 12 and older)