Whitney JoinerBeauty Queens is a madcap surrealist satire of the world in which her readers have come of age—reality TV, corporate sponsorship, product placement, beauty obsession—but ultimately, it's a story of empowering self-discovery.
—The New York Times
Mary QuattlebaumThe snappy dialogue, plot surprises and strut-their-stuff characters lend a playful but no less profound tone to Bray's theme of female empowerment.
—The Washington Post
Publishers WeeklyBray follows her Printz Award–winner, Going Bovine, with an only slightly less absurd premise in this out-there satire about a planeload of teen beauty queens who crash onto a (not so) deserted island. Lord of the Flies with an evening gown competition, anyone? Led by the indefatigable Miss Texas, Taylor Rene Krystal Hawkins, the 14 surviving contestants must rely on competitive moxie.
