With stories by acclaimed and exciting new YA writers:

Louise Hawes

J. James Keels

Ron Koertge

Chris Lynch

Norma Fox Mazer

Lauren Myracle

Jamie Pittel

Anita Riggio

Mary Ann Rodman

Ellen Wittlinger

Jacqueline Woodson

Tim Wynne-Jones

A stellar line-up of young adult writers examines our relationship with beauty in stories that haunt, amuse, stir, and fascinate.

A beauty queen with a chin-hair problem, an aspiring model who would rather take pictures than be in them, a boy in love with the gorgeous nurse he s never seen, a girl named Beauty who feels like anything but the teenagers in these dozen stories feel the power of beauty, whether it s to trap, save, torment, or comfort. In an era when image seems to have triumphed over virtue and reason, this timely, discussion-provoking collection asks young readers to think about what is truly beautiful.