CRYSTAL

Walter Dean Myers, . . HarperTrophy, $5.95 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-06-447312-5

Myers penetrates the modeling world in this tale of a 16-year-old professional model living in New York City, first published in 1987, who learns some tough truths about what it takes. Ages 12-up. (May)

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