Justina Chen
Hardcover | Pages: 373 pages Rating: 3.92 | 34968 Users | 2163 Reviews
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| Original Title: | North of Beautiful |
| ISBN: | 0316025054 (ISBN13: 9780316025058) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Florida Teens Read Nominee (2010), Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Nominee (2010), Lincoln Award Nominee (2013), James Cook Book Award Nominee (2011), Cybils Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2009) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2009) |
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As he continued to stare, I wanted to point to my cheek and remind him, But you were the one who wanted this, remember? You're the one who asked-and I repeat-Why not fix your face? It's hard not to notice Terra Cooper. She's tall, blond, and has an enviable body. But with one turn of her cheek, all people notice is her unmistakably "flawed" face. Terra secretly plans to leave her stifling small town in the Northwest and escape to an East Coast college, but gets pushed off-course by her controlling father. When an unexpected collision puts Terra directly in Jacob's path, the handsome but quirky Goth boy immediately challenges her assumptions about herself and her life, and she is forced in yet another direction. With her carefully laid plans disrupted, will Terra be able to find her true path? Written in lively, artful prose, award-winning author Justina Chen Headley has woven together a powerful novel about a fractured family, falling in love, travel, and the meaning of true beauty.Particularize Containing Books North of Beautiful
| Title | : | North of Beautiful |
| Author | : | Justina Chen |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 373 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2009 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Romance. Contemporary. Realistic Fiction. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.92 From 34968 Users | 2163 ReviewsComment On Containing Books North of Beautiful
Initially deterred by the abundance of mapping mentions, it took a while to see what lied beneath all the cartography trivia. But around 40 pages in, something shifted, and I was introduced to the raw story that was being obscured by all that detail. North of Beautiful made me gasp for breath while sucking in tears. Because Justina Chen Headley got it exactly right.Terra Cooper is a lost and broken girl, further damaged by the port wine stain splayed across her cheek. Intent on being perfectionCan't bring myself to care... Way too boring.
Posted at Shelf Inflicted Terra Cooper is blonde, beautiful, a talented artist, and dating a popular and athletic boy. She has everything going for her, or does she? Well, she has one physical flaw, a port-wine stain birthmark in the shape of Bhutan on her right cheek. Along with her daily exercise regimen, Terra skillfully applies an assortment of cosmetics and moisturizers to conceal the red stain that brings her shame. She lives in a small, boring town in Washington, has a father who is
Listen up people! There is a reason why this book has so many raving reviews, it is simply gorgeous. When I finished it I actually sat for a whole 30 minutes in the same exact spot thinking about the book, and all that I took from it. That's how great it's impact was on me.The story is like a block of wood that you see has the potential to be something beautiful. The carpenter (the author) chips away slowly and deliberately. Doing a through job of sanding the wood down until finally you get the
I might have rated it two stars, had I not read the last half of the book, because the first truly bored me sometimes. I liked the conclusion, even though I thought it was way too much justified (I think that's my main problem, writers trying to explain everything and writers who don't explain enough; the line between these two is very thin so maybe it's just me getting lost there). However, the relationship between Terra and Jacob didn't raise any kind of emotional wave in me. Maybe it's
This book was fantastic! Id read Headleys Girl Overboard, and I wasnt that big of a fan. I love Headleys writing the MC in Girl Overboard, just rubbed me the wrong way. But with North of Beautiful everything came together. I just loved this book! The writing was so perfect, I just enjoyed how the story was told, I could not stop reading this book. The words were addicting. The characters were so well developed. Even Terras dad, he was such a remarkable character, not saying that he did great
I'm sure this must get better as it goes on but the opening was too dull for me to want to spend any more time finding out.
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