Meet Bianca Reagan.  You've never read anyone like her.

If I had to pitch this book, my logline would be: "'Steve the Penguin' is the literary companion to ABC's Ugly Betty."  That's a compliment.  Obviously.

What I think sets this book apart from most other contemporary literature of the same genre is point-of-view.  You might find witty dialogue elsewhere.  You might find tales of the willing peon struggling to make it in the cutthroat worlds of entertainment, publishing, fashion, or whatever the case may be.  But where will you find a book for young women that combines all of these things with a unique and intelligent central character, a sense of social and cultural awareness that transcends the everyday, and an acknowledgement of the challenges that real people face when starting out in the world?

Tales of the glamorous life abound.  Steve the Penguin is about what it's like to be on the fringes – learning what it takes to get there, and coming to the realization that it's just harder for some people than it is for others – mostly for reasons that are not in their power to change.  That you should persevere in the face of it, and that if no one else, Bianca would understand – is the gift that the author will give to the empowerment of young women as individuals and as a collective in today's progressive-but-still-not-quite-there-yet society.

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