Wednesday, March 11, 2015

True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager

I'm excited to share this book since it deals with self-image and finding your "true colors."  I'm delighting that it is a Clean Reads Book, meaning no worries about it being appropriate for our teens to read.
 
True Colors by Krysten Lindsay Hager
 A little competition can really bring out people’s true colors.

 Landry Albright just wants to be one of the interesting girls at school who always have exciting things going on in their lives. She wants to stand out, but also wants to fit in, so she gives in when her two best friends, Ericka and Tori, push her into trying out for a teen reality show modeling competition with them. Landry goes in nervous, but impresses the judges enough to make it to the next round. However, Ericka and Tori get cut and basically "unfriend" her on Monday at school. Landry tries to make new friends, but gets caught up between wanting to be herself and conforming to who her new friends want her to be. Along the way she learns that modeling is nowhere as glamorous as it seems, how to deal with frenemies, a new crush, and that true friends see you for who you really are and like you because of it.

What people are saying about True Colors:

From Teenage Book Recommendations in the UK:
"This is a fantastically relatable and real book which I feel captures all of the insecurities and troubles which haunt the modern teenage girl. It is about a young model who has to go through tough times when she is torn between a life as a model and managing her friendships. You learn which friends she can most trust and which will create the drama typical of teenage life. Follow the life of Landry and try to see if you can find out which are her true friends before their true colours are revealed. This book is all about relationships, hopes and truth. I loved this book!"

From Books & Authors Spot: This book is such an inspiration for those who just care about their looks and are teased about them. This thing is looks aren't every thing. This book is related to every teen's problem. Hager has written a very inspiring novel.


Author bio: Krysten Lindsay Hager is an author and book addict who has never met a bookstore she didn’t like. She’s worked as a journalist and also writes middle grade, YA, humor essays, and adult fiction. True Colors is her international bestselling debut novel from Astraea Press and the first book in the Landry’s True Colors series. The second book, Best Friends…Forever? will be released on March 24, 2015. She is originally from Michigan and has lived in South Dakota, Portugal, and currently resides in Southern Ohio where you can find her reading and writing when she’s not catching up on her favorite TV shows. She received her master’s in American Culture from the University of Michigan-Flint.

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Author talk show interview: http://wdtn.com/2014/11/06/true-colors/



 

1 comment:

Krysten Lindsay Hager said...

Thank you so much for having me on today!