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  • A fun YA novel about a funny, strong teenage girl dealing with body issues.

    

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  • It is now 3:30am (I started the book today as well, I guess yesterday) I just finished.There are so many great things about this book. I now understand why it is a Printz Honor Book.I was a little disappointed that it didn't get into eating disorders a little more, however, it was a very inspiring p ... Continue

    It is now 3:30am (I started the book today as well, I guess yesterday) I just finished.There are so many great things about this book. I now understand why it is a Printz Honor Book.I was a little disappointed that it didn't get into eating disorders a little more, however, it was a very inspiring portrayal of a girl's response to body image issues. I wonder what else Caroly Mackler has written.Questions for Book Club:1. Do you think Virginia's family is having a healty impact on her? Why or why not?2. Can you relate to Virginia's situation? If so in what ways?3. How are Brie and Virginia a like?4. Have you rebeled against your family? friends? anyone? as Virginia does. How did you feel afterwards?5. Virginia feels as if she doesn't fit with her family? Have you ever felt this way? Describe.6. Overall, how did this book make you feel?

    

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An overweight teen is sure that she’s the weakest link in her high-powered family - until her handsome, athletic, star-student brother has a shocking fall from grace.

Fifteen-year-old Virginia Shreves has a larger-than-average body and a plus-size inferiority complex. She lives on the Web, snarfs junk food, and follows the "Fat Girl Code of Conduct." Her stuttering best friend has just moved to Walla Walla (of all places). Her new companion, Froggy Welsh the Fourth (real name), has just succeeded in getting his hand up her shirt, and she lives in fear that he’ll look underneath. Then there are the other Shreves: Mom, the successful psychologist and exercise fiend; Dad, a top executive who ogles thin women on TV; and older siblings Anaïs and rugby god Byron, both of them slim and brilliant. Delete Virginia, and the Shreves would be a picture-perfect family. Or so she’s convinced. And then a shocking phone call changes everything.

With irreverent humor, insight, and surprising gravity, Carolyn Mackler creates an endearingly blunt heroine whose story will speak to every teen who struggles with family expectations - and serve as a welcome reminder that the most impressive achievement is to be true to yourself.

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