Tyra Banks Signs Copies Of Her Young Adult Novel ‘Modelland’
She did it. She really, actually did it. Last year, Tyra Banks announced she was writing a fantasy novel about models, and I honestly thought it was kind of a joke. But she evidently wrote the book, and found a publisher willing to make actual physical hard copies of it, and now she’s on the promotional trail.
Modelland follows the story of Tookie De La Crème, an unlikely candidate in a modeling competition set in an alternate reality where the top models have special powers. But I can’t do this incredible (and I do mean incredible as in “I can’t believe this pile of poop”) new novel justice. You’ve got to read the plot summary yourself. From Amazon:
No one gets in without being asked. And with her untamable hair, large forehead, and gawky body, Tookie De La Crème isn’t expecting an invitation. Modelland—the exclusive, mysterious place on top of the mountain—never dares to make an appearance in her dreams.
But someone has plans for Tookie. Before she can blink her mismatched eyes, Tookie finds herself in the very place every girl in the world obsesses about. And three unlikely girls have joined her.
Only seven extraordinary young women become Intoxibellas each year. Famous. Worshipped. Magical. What happens to those who don’t make it? Well, no one really speaks of that. Some things are better left unsaid.
Thrown into a world where she doesn’t seem to belong, Tookie glimpses a future that could be hers—if she survives the beastly Catwalk Corridor and terrifying Thigh-High Boot Camp. Or could it? Dark rumors like silken threads swirl around the question of why Tookie and her new friends were selected . . . and the shadows around Modelland hide sinister secrets.
When you’ve written a novel of this literary caliber, you’ve got to be excited about it. And doesn’t Tyra look it? More photos of her appearance at Barnes & Noble in New York City after the jump.
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