True Colors by
Krysten Lindsay Hager
Tagline: A little
competition can really bring out people’s true colors.
Back Cover Blurb:
Every day I walked down the sidewalk to
school and wished I were one of the interesting popular girls who ran up with
exciting news. Just once I’d like to be one of those girls instead of the being
the one who didn’t get invited to things because people “forgot” about me.
Landry gets pushed into trying out for the American Ingénue
reality show modeling competition with her two best friends. She doesn’t think
she stands a chance, but she advances to the next level in the competition and
her friends ignore her when they get cut.
Enter the gorgeous Devon, who also makes the first cut and
includes Landry in her clique. Devon becomes the perfect best friend, but can
their friendship survive the competition?
Landry hopes her big break could come at any moment, but
soon sees there’s much more to modeling than getting your hair done and looking
pretty. She begins missing out on being with new friends like Ashanti, a girl
who truly has Landry’s back. Landry also has the chance to have a boyfriend
when she meets a boy named Vladi from another school.
Part of Landry wants to be famous (and have her hair look
good for once), but part of her just wants to be accepted. She learns about
friendships, being true to yourself, and that a good hair conditioner doesn’t
hurt.
Excerpt:
The competition was for girls between the ages of thirteen
and seventeen, but it felt like Ericka, Tori, and I were the youngest ones
there. I only saw a couple of girls from school, and the lineup looked more
like something you’d see on a music video set. All the girls were gorgeous, and
they had these curvy womanly bodies. I looked like a skinny little kid next to
them. The first girl walked out, and I heard the judges say she “owned the
runway,” and, “walked like a gazelle.” I was starting to feel ill. I wasn’t
sure which way it was going to come, but I knew I had to find a bathroom —
fast. I started to get out of line when Ericka grabbed my wrist.
“It’s almost time,” she said. A tiny bit of spit flew out of
her mouth and hit my cheek.
I wasn’t sure why she was so intent on me going through with
it, but she had a death grip on my arm, so I didn’t have much of a choice. Her
number was called and she walked out to the stage. One of the other girls said
she walked like a kid with sand bucket stilts on her feet, but she came back
with a smirk on her face like she knew she’d get chosen.
“They said they had never seen such long legs,” she said.
Tori was next.
“She walks like a gorilla at feeding time,” said the girl
behind me. I went next, and I tried to focus on not tripping over my feet. My
mom’s pumps had a rubber sole on the bottom, which probably wasn’t the
brightest idea seeing as my shoes were making squeaking noises as I walked. I
was so nervous I couldn’t stop smiling as I walked. I looked like the plastic
clown who blows up balloons with its mouth at the Pizza Palace. When I got to
the end of the runway, I tried to cross my feet to turn like the other girls
had, but I over rotated and ended up doing a full spin which made my kilt fan
out and gave the mall walkers a view of my blue underpants. I tried to act like
it was intentional and did an extra turn. One of the judges put her hand up to
stop me, and I held my breath as she started to speak.
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 bestselling debut novel from
Astraea Press. 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. She received her master’s in American Culture from the University
of Michigan-Flint.
Buy Links:
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Connect with Krysten:
Website: http://www.krystenlindsay.com/
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Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96jxcUH54hU
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