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Gorgeous
فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2013
Lexile Score
1140
Reading Level
8-9
نویسنده
Elizabeth Mortonناشر
Scholastic Audioشابک
9780545595476
کتاب های مرتبط
- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
- دیدگاه کاربران
نقد و بررسی
![AudioFile Magazine](https://images.contentreserve.com/audiofile_logo.jpg)
Becky Randle, a plain Missouri girl, receives a mysterious offer of a plane trip to New York City and the opportunity to become the most beautiful woman in the world: Rebecca Randle. Becky's adventure takes her from Missouri to New York and then to London--where she nearly become a member of the royal family. Elizabeth Morton tackles the narration with aplomb, using accents to give a sense of place, especially in the aristocratic British accent of Prince Gregory and the Missouri drawl of Becky's best friend. Morton capably reveals Becky's uncertainty even while she imbues Rebecca's words with bravado. The well-paced reading moves from emotional scenes to comical ones with ease, drawing the listener into Becky's fairy-tale world. E.N. (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
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Starred review from March 18, 2013
Suppose fairy tales came true. Suppose an ordinary teenage girl from a Missouri trailer park was suddenly on the cover of Vogue, dating a Hollywood hunk, and possibly in line to be the next queen of England? That’s what happens to 18-year-old Becky Randle in playwright/screenwriter Rudnick’s YA debut, an inspired mashup of familiar stories—commoner becomes princess, ugly duckling turns beautiful—made new. Instead of three wishes, Becky, rechristened Rebecca, receives three dresses from reclusive super-designer Tom Kelly, who knew Becky’s late mother. The ensembles transform Becky into nothing less than the most beautiful woman in the world—“Once I caught sight of my reflection I was riveted, hopelessly enraptured, as if I was watching the most impossibly glamorous car accident, or the birth of the baby Jesus, if Jesus had been the world’s first supermodel”—with a couple catches. With writing that’s hilarious, profane, and profound (often within a single sentence), Rudnick casts a knowing eye on our obsession with fame, brand names, and royalty to create a feel-good story about getting what you want without letting beauty blind you to what’s real. Ages 14–up. Agent: David Kuhn, Kuhn Projects.
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