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Juno Dawson - Author
This is a gritty coming-of-age story that challenges fashion’s glamorous surface. Jana’s rapid rise brings money and opportunity, but also pressures that affect her independence, wellbeing and connections with people she loves.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceHow the book presents it: The book takes a critical view of this.
Talk about: How does the book distinguish genuine opportunity from pressure that limits Jana’s freedom to choose?
How the book presents it: The portrayal challenges idealised beauty and links the industry’s preferred image with personal and emotional pressures.
Talk about: Does Jana come to define her identity independently of the image that creates her public success?
How the book presents it: The book takes a critical view of this.
Talk about: If Jana’s relationships are tested, what does the story suggest about trust, consent and respectful support?
It offers a route into discussing how people can become commodities within powerful industries, while also considering body-image ideals, money, consent and the tension between public success and private cost.
Expect emotionally forceful material involving sexual consent and abuse, eating disorders, drug use, body-image pressures, bullying and relationships. The treatment is described as hard-hitting rather than moralistic, though some readers may find it gritty.
How does Jana’s view of herself change as modelling alters her opportunities and relationships? If control becomes harder to maintain, what choices or support seem available to her?
Consider reading alongside a conversation about consent, contracts, image-based expectations and who benefits financially. Pause after difficult sections and invite the reader to explain how the portrayal affects their view.
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Limited information
Checked: 20 September 2026.
Relevant to: Glamour, money and exploitation; Body image and identity; Consent and relationships
Limited information
Checked: 20 September 2026.
Relevant to: Glamour, money and exploitation; Body image and identity; Consent and relationships
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