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Pirate Fiction

Beauty Queens

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  • 2011 first published
  • 447 pages
  • ★ 3.6 (5 ratings)
  • 7 editions
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Beauty Queens is a 2011 pirate adventure novel by Libba Bray. Key subjects include pirates, airplane crash survival, castaways and contests.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 10 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 7 editions across 3 languages. It appeared on the New York Times Chapter Books bestseller list in 2011.

At about 447 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.

About Beauty Queens

The contestants of the Miss Teen Dream pageant are only concerned with practicing their circle turns, dance numbers, and benign answers to interview questions until their plane crashes on a tropical island. Now, with sequins and hair dryers scattered everywhere, the survivors face a huge dilemma: should they search for food and water or continue diligently preparing to appear on national television? The Corporation is counting on them to uphold standards of beauty and behavior, but can the girls count on The Corporation?
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Awards & lists

  • ✦Locus Awards 2012 — Best Young Adult Book (nominee)
  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Chapter Books, 2011

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Humorous stories
  • Pirates
  • Airplane crash survival
  • Castaways
  • Contests
  • Beauty contests
  • Survival
  • Children's fiction
  • Friendship

Quick answers

Who wrote Beauty Queens?

Beauty Queens was written by Libba Bray and first published in 2011.

What genre is Beauty Queens?

It is usually shelved as Pirate Fiction.

How long is Beauty Queens?

The median edition has 447 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Beauty Queens?

Readers who like it often enjoy Treasure Hunters, Peter and the Starcatchers and How to Be a Pirate.

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