Crystal

by Walter Dean Myers

  “Excuse me.” A tall, thin man came up to the two girls. He gave Crystal his card. It said, “Edward Abruzzi, Photographer.”

  “You talking to us?” Crystal asked.

  “Yes. You know, I think you could get into modeling,” he said. “I’d even be willing to take a few shots of you on speculation if you’re interested.”

  “Do you really think she could?” Pat asked, wide-eyed. “Can we give you a call sometime?”

  “Yeah,” the guy said, starting to cross the street. “If you’re willing to take the business seriously, you might be able to make it. You’ve got the basic equipment. Give me a call during the week.”

  Pat dropped the card in the wastebasket as Abruzzi jumped out of the way of a cab. Then the two girls, arm in arm, began walking along the crowded New York streets toward Tiffany’s.

  About the Author

  WALTER DEAN MYERS is an award-winning writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for young people. His book MONSTER was the first recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award, as well as a National Book Award Finalist, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book. His many titles include HANDBOOK FOR BOYS; CRYSTAL; the Caldecott Honor Book HARLEM, illustrated by Christopher Myers; and the Newbery Honor Books SCORPIONS and SOMEWHERE IN THE DARKNESS. He has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for his contribution to young adult literature and is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. Walter Dean Myers lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his family.

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  ALSO BY WALTER DEAN MYERS

  Fiction

  HANDBOOK FOR BOYS: A NOVEL

  MONSTER

  2000 Michael L. Printz Award

  1999 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book

  1999 National Book Award Finalist

  THE MOUSE RAP

  THE RIGHTEOUS REVENGE OF ARTEMIS BONNER

  SCORPIONS

  A 1989 Newbery Honor Book

  THE STORY OF THE THREE KINGDOMS

  Nonfiction

  ANGEL TO ANGEL: A MOTHER’S GIFT OF LOVE

  BAD BOY: A MEMOIR

  BROWN ANGELS: AN ALBUM OF PICTURES AND VERSE

  MALCOLM X: A FIRE BURNING BRIGHTLY

  NOW IS YOUR TIME!: THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM

  1992 Coretta Scott King Author Award

  Awards

  1994 ALA MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING FOR YOUNG ADULTS

  1994 ALAN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

  Credits

  Cover photography © 2002 by Lyndon Wade and Rush Wade 2

  Cover design by Karin Paprocki

  Cover © 2002 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

  Copyright

  CRYSTAL. Copyright © 1987 by Walter Dean Myers. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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