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Jan Blazanin

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

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General Fiction

Age Range

10+

Release Date

April 21, 2009

ISBN

978-1416579939

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If life were a fairy tale, Oribella Bettencourt would have a "happily ever after" kind of future ahead of her. A Hollywood producer has come to Des Moines in search of a perfectly modern Princess Rapunzel, and Ori -- a model, dancer, and star of the beauty pageant circuit -- lands the part. And why shouldn't she? With her hardworking, self-sacrifi cing mother guiding her career, Ori is stunning, dedicated, poised...and then there's her hair. Breathtakingly lustrous blond hair that sets her apart from all the other girls at school. So what if she doesn't have any friends her age, or anyone to talk to other than her mother? She's on the verge of having everything she's ever dreamed of.

But in this fairy tale, the beautiful princess wakes up to her worst nightmare -- when almost overnight, Ori begins to lose her hair....

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Reader reviewed by Katie

Fairest of Them All was a
great read. It was interesting to see how Ori handled her diagnosis and
the consequent loss of her modeling/acting/pageant career. It was kind
of sad that Ori had no friends and was basically socially incompetant
because she threw all her energy into her career. I was happy to see
that Ori finally got her chance to just be a teenager towards the end
of the book.

My only complaint was that the transition to the
new and improved Ori was a little sketchy. I felt like she jumped into
her next big commitment really soon. It seemed like one second she was
down and depressed and the next she was joining the volleyball team. I
think I would've liked to see all that happen in more of a process over
time instead of just instantly.

Blazanin had her own unique
writing style and I liked it a lot. This novel was very memorable and I
can see myself reading this again. The cover was beautiful as well. Fairest of Them All was Jan Blazanin's first published novel and I hope to see more from her in the future!

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