Debbie Reed Fischer Book Title: Braless in Wonderland Publication Date: April 2008 Publisher: Dutton Children's Books ISBN: 978-0-525-47954-3 Author's Website: http://www.debbiereedfischer.com

Description of Book:

Allee Rosen is a lot of things: high school senior, overachiever, brain. The one thing she's not is supermodel material. She leaves that to the pretty people like her little sister (aka "The Fluff"). That's why it's a complete shock when Allee, not her sister, is the one spotted by modeling scouts at the mall and signed by an elite modeling agency in Miami. Suddenly, Allee is swept up in a whirlwind of designer labels, photo shoots, go-sees and some seriously backstabbing models. Will this fabulous new life go to her head? New author Debbie Reed Fischer offers readers a fresh, fun, and honest peek into the crazy and glamorous world of professional modeling.

About the Author:

  Author Debbie Reed Fischer is no stranger to the modeling business, having worked for many years as a model booker in Miami, where the daily dramas of the weird and the beautiful inspired her to write Braless in Wonderland. Other job adventures from her past include hosting a cable TV show for teens, picking melons on a kibbutz, teaching middle and high school English, and singing in a USO troupe. She grew up in a sleepy Florida town much like Cape Comet (where Allee Rosen grew up) and has also lived in England, Greece, and Israel. In high school, Debbie spent a lot of time in math class writing stories, songs, and long notes to her friends, which explains why she can never figure out the check in restaurants. A graduate of the University of Miami's screenwriting program, Debbie currently lives in Boynton Beach, Florida, with her husband and two kids, where she feeds them a steady diet of take-out. Her second teen novel, Swimming with the Sharks, will be released in September. Visit her at www.debbiereedfischer.com.  

 

Excerpt:

If you're reading this and expecting a tale of some top model who wins the heart of a rock star, adopts a third world baby, launches her own clothing line, winds up on the cover of Us Weekly's Who's Hot issue, and gets her own reality show (or at least, her own E! True Hollywood Story), then I better warn you . . .

That's not exactly what happened to me.

OK, yes, I was the It Model on South Beach for about a minute. But if you want to know the truth, I'm not even that hot, really. Who knew that I, Allee Rosen, random citizen of Cape Comet, Florida, high school senior and Wal-Mart employee of the month, could photograph so well? Not me. And I never, ever wanted to be a model, that's for sure. I just kinda fell into it, like Alice down the rabbit hole.

In fact, the day the flyer about the model search was floating around school causing a big squeal-a-baloo with all the trendy wendies, I was too busy stealing toilet paper to even notice . . .  

Reviews:

"Detailed and realistic . . . Fischer has worked for many years as a booker in Miami, and she really knows the business." --KLIATT 

"Such a page-turning book, you might sweep through it as quickly as you can say ‘go-see.’ This book is like watching a fast-paced teen drama . . . you can't help but root for Allee Rosen, in all of her unglamorous glory.” --Today’s Teen of the Palm Beach Post