- 2008 Dzanc Books Notable Story
- 2007 Million Writers Notable Story
- Selection: Contrary Magazine's Greatest Stories, 2003-2008
"In crisp, clean prose Amy Reed places the reader right into the heart and mind and life of a girl who makes the choice to be one of the beautiful ones. Reed gives a disturbing and concise snapshot of what it can be like today for teens struggling with self-identity and peer acceptance when in a heartbeat they follow the 'wrong road.'"
M. Sindy Felin, National Book Award nominee for Touching Snow

"A latter-day Go Ask Alice, BEAUTIFUL is raw, gritty, and powerful, an intense ice-pick jab to the heart. A stunning debut and a must-read."
R.A. Nelson, author of Teach Me

"BEAUTIFUL is stark, disquieting and, quite simply, riveting. Amy Reed is an author to keep on your radar." 
Ellen Hopkins, bestselling author of Crank

"[A] roadmap to a dark but realistic underworld of young unsupervised teens drifting from one unsavory experience to another.”
Kirkus Reviews