The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Book description
Fifteen-year-old Virginia feels like a fat, awkward outsider in her perfect family, especially next to her golden-boy big brother Byron. She's got a lot to deal with - her weight, her best friend moving away, the mean girls at school - not to mention a boy who seems to like…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book was one of the first I read that featured a main character who looked like me. I love the humor, honesty, and insight of Virginia, which is perfectly captured in the diary format of the writing. And the book takes a hard but hopeful look at the ideas of perfection and expectations and all the ways we are flawed, but also worthy of love.
From Kris' list on YA with fabulous plus-size heroines.
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