Pretty Monsters
By J. S. Lemon
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Publication Date: March 9, 2027
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Ages 10 to 14
Evocative and sharply written, J.S. Lemon’s sophomore middle-grade novel is a masterful and haunting work of speculative fiction that reads like a cautionary tale about the commodification of beauty.
There's nothing more monstrous than perfection.
Ruby Driscoll became a beauty queen at the age of four. Since then, she’s worked hard to be a flawless pageant girl—a toxic goal that takes on a sinister truth when Ruby’s arms start moving differently at her latest competition. Less like a human girl’s and more like . . . a doll’s.
As the transformation worsens, the better Ruby does at her beauty pageants, and the prouder her mother is. But when this newfound “perfection” turns into a nightmare, Ruby must find a way to regain her humanity, or risk becoming nothing more than a pretty monster.
Ruby Driscoll became a beauty queen at the age of four. Since then, she’s worked hard to be a flawless pageant girl—a toxic goal that takes on a sinister truth when Ruby’s arms start moving differently at her latest competition. Less like a human girl’s and more like . . . a doll’s.
As the transformation worsens, the better Ruby does at her beauty pageants, and the prouder her mother is. But when this newfound “perfection” turns into a nightmare, Ruby must find a way to regain her humanity, or risk becoming nothing more than a pretty monster.
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