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The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things – AQR

[  Mood: Hypnotized ]
[  Currently: Eating Breakfast ]
Virginia is an overweight sixteen year-old in a skinny, perfect family. Her best friend has moved to Walla Walla and she is having trouble fitting in. She has written the Fat Girls’ Code of Conduct and it reads like a bad low self-esteem playbook. Stuff I see all the time in my job.

Carolyn Mackler has created a very believable young adult novel, where Virginia struggles with her weight, fitting in and coping with a family that thinks she should just lose a few pounds.

I can see why the ALA made it a Michael L. Printz Honour book. Good stuff.

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