false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255657435m/3238153.jpg 3238153 3 Born with a port-wine stain birthmark covering her entire right cheek, Terra Rose Cooper is ready to leave her stifling, small Washington town where everyone knows her for her face. With her critical, reproachful father and an obese mother who turns to food to deflect her father's verbal attacks, home life for Terra isn't so great either. Fueled by her artistic desires, she plans to escape to an East Coast college, thinking this is her true path. When her father intercepts her acceptance letter, Terra is pushed off-course, and she is forced to confront her deepest insecurities. After an ironically fortuitous car accident, Terra meets Jacob, a handsome but odd goth Chinese boy who was adopted from China as a toddler. Jacob immediately understands Terra's battle with feeling different. When Terra's older brother invites her and her mother to visit him in Shanghai, Jacob and his mother also join them on their journey, where they all not only confront the truth about themselves, but also realize their own true beauty. <i>North of Beautiful</i> is the engaging third YA novel by Justina Chen Headley. This is a gorgeously-written, compelling book featuring universal themes of defining true beauty, family bonds, personal strength, and love. 3272800 1 2 2009 North of Beautiful total:654|5:265|4:253|3:103|2:27|1:6| 654 2706 1535 216 5 9 false false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 08:16:29 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 07:07:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 11:40:15 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 15:27:47 -0700 2009
The story is l...more...]]> 5 6 false false Fri Sep 05 09:16:11 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 09:24:16 -0700 2008 5 3 false false Tue Aug 19 17:02:17 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 21:31:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 11:49:48 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:39:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 02:06:22 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 17:44:06 -0700 2008
Nothing else needs to be said. Everything about this book was stunning.]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 05 10:32:54 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 01 18:20:31 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 14:30:09 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 11:17:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Feb 16 18:57:13 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 18:59:29 -0800 2009
This book really touched me. I think the message of discovering True Beauty is an important one in today's society and this was a unique way of portraying it.

And discovering YOURSELF is something that ev...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 16:04:31 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 13:42:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 18:13:41 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 18:13:41 -0700 2009 5 1 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 12:25:34 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 04:19:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 12:26:32 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 12:27:05 -0700 2009 If at any point during the review you think I'm turning negative, I want you to repeat to yourself, Becky really does like this book. Why the weird warning? I have a feeling this will be one of the hardest reviews I've done in a while. Because the narrator, Terra, falls into the me-not-me cate...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 09:16:38 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 09:27:48 -0800 2009
At first, I worried that after Girl Overboard Headley might have lost her touch with creating an inspiring story combined with such a provocative protagonist (and antagonists, namely parents), but this...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 07 10:16:54 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 10:22:35 -0800 2009 February 09 (Little Brown)

This gorgeous novel has already earned a Publisher's Weekly starred review, and I expect that's just the beginning of the praise it's bound to receive. It's...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 12:15:27 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 12:15:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 06 23:54:51 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 23:58:47 -0700 2009
Can a perfect body make up for an imperfect face?

Terra Cooper hopes so, though she knows that no matter how great her figure is, it won't stop people from staring at her port-wine stain. Her birthmark has always haunted her, a stub...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 21:14:44 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 22:17:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jun 12 17:59:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 18:00:32 -0700 2009 And if you're anything like me you'll have a best friend who loves books like this, and tells you time and time...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 08 17:36:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 17:37:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3238153