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    The Look
    The Look
    The Look
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Look

    Written by Sophia Bennett

    Narrated by Helen McAlpine

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Can she be a supermodel and a super-sister? She finds her answer in just one look. Two sisters, both beautiful in different ways: Fifteen-year-old Ted has got "The Look." That's what the scout for the modeling agency tells her, and she can't believe her luck. But just as Ted's jet-setting off on her new career, Ava is diagnosed with cancer. Can Ted be a supermodel and a super-sister? Or will she have to choose between family and fame? With their worlds turned upside down, the girls have to look past appearances, look deep inside, to figure out what really matters.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 1, 2013
    ISBN9781470352189
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    • 4/5
      Fifteen-year-old Ted (short for Edwina) Trout is tall, gawky, has a unibrow, and a bird's nest for hair. The kids at school call her Freaky Friday. Her older sister, Ava, has movie star good looks, and is popular, athletic, and has a hot surfer boyfriend. A modeling scout discovers her, rather than Ava, while they are out one day. Ava tells her it is probably a scam because her friend spent a lot of money on pictures and never got to model, and throws his business card away. Ava is diagnosed with Lymphoma and her unemployed, history professor dad and her overworked mom are beside themselves with worry about her. With Ava’s encouragement, Ted pursues a modeling career with the top London agency, Model City, hoping to earn money to help out her parents. Her career really takes off when she shaves her own head to support Ava when her hair starts to fall out from the chemotherapy. The competing tensions between Ava’s life and death struggle and the lure of becoming a top model propel the story and at first the tone is a bit too lighthearted for a book where one of the characters has cancer. As you get to know Ted, you learn that humor is one of the ways she copes with her insecurities, her family’s financial problems, her sister’s illness, and just plain growing up. The book is by turns hilarious, sad, exciting, and poignant, sure to please readers who like fashion, modeling, a little drama, and romance.
    • 4/5
      Not what I expected but in a good way.
    • 4/5
      I have walked past this book numerous times and never bothered picking it up because it looked like a light, fluffy, chick lit read. Thankfully, it was so much more dealing with family teenage cancer and school. Although Ted annoyed me the way she moaned about her body, even after becoming a model, she was still a strong, caring protagonist.However, my favourite character was Ava, Ted's older sister who was recently diagnosed with cancer. She was determined to live life to the full and not let the cancer drag her down. The bond between Ted and Ava was beautiful, and I loved how they supported each other when the other was at their weakest. In fact, I thought the sibling relationship was the strength of the book and the scene at the hairdresser's was by far the most moving moment of "The Look". It was truly touching and I loved how, not only the sisters changed throughout the book, but also their relationship.The modelling aspect of this novel was well researched and I found it very interesting. Not only did it show the pressure and problems young, aspiring models have to face but also the extravagant world of fashion. Overall, this was a very enjoyable read with a lovely storyline, likeable characters and a strong family bond.
    • 3/5
      This novel is definitely fluff, so please do not go into it thinking you will emerge laden with universal truths about teen cancer and sisterhood. Some elements are just entirely fantastical, and some characters (namely Ted--and how is Ted a nickname for Edwina?) are a bit irritating and redundant. I felt the author treated the cancer victim, Ava, more tenderly and realistically. This was a nice, quick, brainless read, but not a MUST read.
    • 4/5
      This combination of a fluffy, fashiony model story and the drama of cancer really works to make an entertaining story. It reminded me of a girly Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie.