{"id":346,"date":"2008-04-15T11:28:50","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T11:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/04\/15\/the-earth-my-butt-and-other-big-round-things-aqr\/"},"modified":"2012-10-19T04:49:23","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T04:49:23","slug":"the-earth-my-butt-and-other-big-round-things-aqr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/ubalblog\/2008\/04\/15\/the-earth-my-butt-and-other-big-round-things-aqr\/","title":{"rendered":"The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things – AQR"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/strong> \"Hypnotized\" Mood:<\/strong> Hypnotized ]<\/strong>
[<\/strong> \"Eating Currently:<\/strong> Eating Breakfast ]<\/strong>
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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I can see why the ALA made it a Michael L. Printz Honour book. Good stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[  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 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n