Crystal by Walter Dean Myers (Mass Market Paperback)

Crystal is a young adult novel by Walter Dean Myers, the award-winning author of Monster and a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Sixteen-year-old Crystal is beautiful, talented and suddenly in demand as a fashion model. As her career takes off, she is pulled into a glamorous world that asks more and more of her, and she must decide how much of herself she is willing to give up for success.

Honest and thought-provoking, it is a powerful story about identity, self-respect and growing up, ideal for teen readers and classrooms.