Monday, July 25, 2011

Beautiful / Cindy Martinusen-Coloma / 270 pages / Christy Award 2011

Ellie's sister, Megan, is the rebel while Ellie is perfect inside and out.  Megan can't wait to turn 18 and get a piercing.  After Ellie's accident leaves Stasia dead and Ellie badly disfigured, piercing loses it attraction.  "As unique as everyone around her wanted to be, they all ended up looking like each other...Everything to shock and show the anger and pain under their skin.  The rebellion that ended up becoming a stereotype."  Ellie must deal with all the pain surgeries, and the realization that her image and her life is forever changed.  This is a truly awesome book!!

Aristotle said, "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

Christy Award 2011

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