North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley


It's hard not to notice Terra.


She's tall, blonde and beautiful. But with the turn of a head, all people notice is her "flawed" face.


Terra plans to leave her small town in the Northwest and escape to an East Coast college. But her overcontrolling father pushed her off course. But when an unexpected collision put the handsome Jacob in her path, the quirky and goth Jacob instantly makes her thoughts about her life and her future change and she is forced to another path. With her plans disrupted, will Terra be able to find the path she was meant to follow.


This book was amazing. I was instantly drawn to this book from just the title. It's nice to finally read a book about a girl who does not look "perfect" and has a incredilbly real life problem, a birthmark over a whole half of her face. After reading this book, I did a little study on port-wine stains, the kind of birthmark that Terra has in the book. I found out that nearly 20% of port-wine stains cannot be removed, like Terra's. This book helps you learn about something that most people didn't know existed.

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