tiny pink books

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009

Sixteen year old Terra would be drop dead gorgeous, if not for the port wine stain birthmark on her left cheek.  Years of surgery after surgery have failed to remove it and years of living under the thumb of her psychologically abusive father have left Terra feeling imperfect and damaged.  When a new family, including a strangely attractive goth boy, befriends Terra and her mother, everything changes for both of them.

This was a decent book, though I found the writing to be a bit long and meandering.  There is a mapmaker theme to the story as well, which is taken, in my opinion, a too far with a wealth of map/journey metaphors.  Still, I’d recommend this book to girls who want long, heart

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