![]() ![]() Her agent, Loretta, however, insists Crystal star in a movie that will ultimately boost her fame. Soon, Crystal realizes she wants to quit. Crystal starts to feel that the modeling business is just all about how she looks and not who she is. She especially feels this way when her photographer, Jerry Goodwin, wants her to pose nude. Her friendship with her best friend, Pat, is suffering, her grades are slipping, and on top of all of that, Crystal feels her self-respect is at risk. As the novel continues, Crystal realizes that the modeling business is not all it is cut out to be. Crystal is at first elated when she lands a modeling contract with a fashion agency, because she likes to model and can possibly be famous. They live in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Brown, who is also beautiful, and her loving, but strict father. The book focuses on Crystal Brown, a 16-year-old African American girl who is destined for stardom when she lands a contract with a modeling agency.Ĭrystal Brown has always been told that she is beautiful. It was first published in 1987 and later republished by Amistad in 2002. Crystal is a young adult novel by Walter Dean Myers. ![]()
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