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Gr 9 Up—Charlie Dean and John Thomas-Smith live on the wrong side of the tracks, but they both want to attend the private and exclusive Green Pastures Academy of Art and Applied Design. Their local public high school is so poorly funded that all nonessential classes, including art, have been eliminated from the curriculum. But every year, Green Pastures sponsors an emerging talents scholarship worth one year's tuition to its exclusive academy for the winner of a discipline-specific competition. This year, Charlie Dean is in luck. The competition focuses on fashion design, her specialty and lifelong obsession. John, however, is into metalwork, but this being his junior year and last chance to enter, he's fudging his way into the competition just to get his foot in the door. Juby has created two compelling, multidimensional narrators whom readers will laugh with and cry for as they vie for the coveted prize. Charlie Dean is a master at turning the sow's ear that life has dealt her into a unique silk purse, while John is so consumed by anger at his circumstances that he fails to appreciate the many blessings laid at his doorstep. The cleverly deceptive title, cover art, and opening pages belie the strength of the protagonists' personalities as well as the tragic elements that have shaped their lives and define the story. VERDICT An excellent purchase for YA.—Cary Frostick, formerly at Mary Riley Styles Public Library, Falls Church, VA
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PRAISE FOR The Fashion Committee:* "Filled with hilarious and tragic moments alike, Juby’s . . . vibrant novel thoroughly explores the hearts, souls, and minds of two very different teens." --Publishers Weekly, starred review* "The cleverly deceptive title, cover art, and opening pages belie the strength of the protagonists’ personalities as well as the tragic elements that have shaped their lives and define the story."--School Library Journal, starred review "Entertaining, smart, and inspiring." --Kirkus Reviews"Tailored to perfection for readers who love to laugh and look good doing it."--The Globe and Mail"Charlie is perhaps Juby’s finest character to date, not just seriously inventive, buoyant and insightful in fashion sense and philosophy, but also a poignant testament to the resilience of a girl determined to live well despite her parent’s struggle with addiction."--The Star"Expect hilarity." --Quill & QuirePRAISE FOR The Truth Commission:"With a deft hand and an open mind, Juby presents many layers of truth. This is a sharp-edged portrait of a dysfunctional family with some thought-provoking ideas about what is real." --Starred Review, Publishers Weekly"A surprising, witty, and compulsive read." --Starred Review, School Library Journal"Hilarious, deliciously provocative and slyly thought-provoking." --Starred Review, Kirkus "Juby’s bright dialogue and vivid, appealing characters draw readers along as the three young artists navigate truths both light and dark, discovering themselves in the process." --Starred Review, The Horn Book
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Age Range: 12 and up
Grade Level: 7 - 9
Lexile Measure: 780L (What's this?)
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Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers (May 23, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451468783
ISBN-13: 978-0451468789
Product Dimensions:
5.8 x 1 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.7 out of 5 stars
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
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I'm biased because I'm a huge Susan Juby fan. I love how she presents a clear message in her YA stories with crazy humor. I love her books for adults as well.
(Full disclosure: Susan Juby is my favorite living writer. Her books have been inspiring me and brightening my life since 2004. She is one of my heroes.)If you are looking for a fluffy, soulless beach read, move right along. You might have been misled by the conventionally attractive, skinny, blonde, white model who poses on the book’s cover. But conventional characters are scarce in Juby’s books, and they certainly aren’t given the spotlight. Juby writes about oddballs, outcasts, misfits — characters who are lovable but flawed and complicated. And while the tagline misrepresents the book as perpetuating gender stereotypes (pitting “one style-obsessed girl†against “one fashion-phobic guyâ€), Juby in fact constantly challenges norms of all sorts — and does so with remarkable subtlety and nuance. Her writing is lively, funny, humane, and inclusive. It is this inclusiveness that I especially want to draw attention to, at the expense of any discussion of the book’s plot. (Suffice it to say that it was compelling, thoughtful, bittersweet, and just so much fun.)Juby’s most recent books (Republic of Dirt, The Truth Commission, and The Fashion Committee) are increasingly excellent examples of how white authors can write books that are color-conscious, as well as diverse in terms of gender, sexuality, ability, size, etc. Juby does not try to speak for people of color and write from their perspectives, but she also does not write as if she were colorblind. Thus, her protagonists are white, but their whiteness is not taken for granted — it is named, and other white characters’ whiteness is mentioned as well (“a very young white man†rather than “a very young man,†for example). This may seem like a small detail, but acknowledging that white people “have†race is one way of disrupting white supremacy (in the more academic sense, not in the hate group sense).I was particularly impressed by Juby’s use of intertextuality to diversify The Fashion Committee. Throughout the book, she sprinkles references to artists of color and their work, for example A Tribe Called Red (a First Nations music group) and Moonshot (a collection of Indigenous comics). In so doing, she decenters whiteness in her own work, and promotes artists of color to her readers.Personally, I felt (happily, surprisingly) represented as a non-binary person when one of Charlie Dean’s trademark fashion tips acknowledged her potential gender nonconforming readers, and when they/them pronouns were used for an androgynous model. The book was also just queerer overall than I was expecting (and it’s done so fantastically — but I’m not going to spoil it for you).As always with Juby’s books, The Fashion Committee left me feeling inspired — not only to create, but to keep fighting and to stay true to myself. And as for the story that sparked those feelings of inspiration — I’ll leave it for you to read and find out for yourself.
Please note: I received an advance reader's copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This did not influence the opinions of my review in any way.When I first received this book from the Penguin Random House First In Line program, I thought it looked like a kind of cute, light romance. With a name like The Fashion Committee, I wasn't expecting anything deep. So I was surprised when I read this. The light tone is in stark contrast to the harsh reality of one of the characters. I really enjoyed this book, as I think it said a lot about art, following your passions, and not letting your circumstances determine your future.What I Liked:Characters:The novel is written as a he said/she said book. Each chapter's POV alternates between Charlie Dean, the fashion obsessed teen, and John Thomas-Smith, who enters the competition as a backdoor way of getting into the elite Green Pastures high school of fine arts.I loved Charlie. Behind her seemingly superficial love of clothes lies a teen with a horrific home life. Fashion is her escape, so she doesn't have to face the fact that her dad is a drug addict. Charlie uses a lot of French words (thanks to Google translate!), that she hopes will make her sound more sophisticated. I loved her determination to create an oasis in her bedroom where she could let her imagination soar.She is also dead set on becoming a clothing designer. She has a focus that leaves no time for friends or a love life. But maybe that cute girl who is a fellow competitor (and a major flirt) will nudge Charlie into making room for a romance? I was rooting for Charlie to have some happiness.Mischa is the new, very young girlfriend of Charlie's dad (they met in rehab). She is really trying to stay clean and sober, but she is a very damaged person due to an abusive ex-boyfriend. Mischa becomes Charlie's model, and inspiration, for the competition. It was beautiful to have Mischa see that other people saw her as a valuable person.Story:I love novels with competitions in them. Even though I know nothing about fashion, the author does a wonderful job educating the reader about fashion theory and all the thinking that goes into creating clothes. I think the competition, itself, was amazing, and showed lots of teens who are exploring their passions. I also liked that Charlie had some pretty serious competition in the contest. I hate it when it is a forgone conclusion that the main character will win. You really don't know who the winner will be until the very end.This book has a lot to say about creating art, whether it be as a fashion designer, a painter, or someone who welds metal into cool sculptures. There are so many ways to express yourself. But it seems the truly important thing is not the end product, but the creative process, itself.I also appreciate that there isn't a manufactured romance between Charlie and John. They rarely interact with each other and have their own story lines.What I Didn't Like:Characters:I really don't care for John. Since his story makes up half of the book, this is a huge problem for me. I just think he is a terrible person on so many levels. First of all, he enters the competition as a backdoor way into Green Pasture's metals program. He figures he can bluff his way through the competition, and after he wins he will just transfer over to the other program. This is so insulting to the other contestants, for whom fashion is their lives.John is also awful to his girlfriend. He is easily flattered by the attention of a rich girl who already attends Green Pastures, and he lets her help him in the contest. Cheater!!! The only reason for John's character is to contrast his life with Charlie's. I guess his purpose in the book is to show how Charlie shows true guts by overcoming real hardships. He is a whiny pretty boy by comparison.Overall, I think this book is worth reading for Charlie's character, alone. She has an amazing resilience that will make you cheer, and break your heart.
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