"You look worried. Really you should relax. Reading is a pleasurable activity and worrying is bad for your heart." This footnote on page 3 sets the tone for this hilarious survival novel. Fifty beauty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream Pageant have endured a plane crash on a tropical island. Only 12 survive. The island is not deserted, but is occupied by a secret branch of the Corporation. They don't want rescue to interfere with Operation Peacock so they decide to let the volcanic island finish off the girls. Taylor, Miss Texas, is elected leader of the survivors and is determined to continue the pageant training - yes, even gives pageant training priority over survival. This novel for mature teens, is filled with pirates, feminism, alternate lifestyles, and much more!!
"Pageants are antiquated. The system rewards girls for being pretty and it values compliance and conformity rather than boldness and rule-breaking that we pride in our boys which help them feel entitled to success, to getting ahead in life."
"There comes a time in every persons life when a choice defines him."
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