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The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things -
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
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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... show more
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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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780763620912
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Edition language: English
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I'll think of a damn title later
I'll think of a damn title later rated it
3.0 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Overall it's a great book for teens, but I really am tired of the "popular girls are bitches" trope and "guy secretly really likes you" trend. I enjoyed seeing Virginia Shreve come into her own, but it would have been nice to just see her on her own. Not all YA female protagonists need a boyfriend.S...
Heartless Lyn @ Great Imaginations
Heartless Lyn @ Great Imaginations rated it
3.0 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Rating: 3.5/5Much better than I was expecting - review to come (Yes I am 3 reviews behind). x
Anncleire
Anncleire rated it
4.0 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Carolyn Mackler ha perfettamente chiaro in mente il suo obiettivo e lo raggiunge egregiamente. Era da tanto che non leggevo un YA dal gusto leggero, ma allo stesso tempo pienamente formativo, dalla morale solida e dal significato vero e ineluttabile. La Mackler coautrice di “The future of us” ha cre...
inconceivably
inconceivably rated it
3.0 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
This book's MC, Virginia, has a lot of issues, God bless her. A lot of them stem from the fact that her whole family has problems. Unfortunately, one of those problems is that no one is really there for her. Even her mother, a psychiatrist, isn't emotionally available to her. Her brother, who she id...
anthrbookjunkie
anthrbookjunkie rated it
3.0 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Can I just start by saying, they really didn't choose a very good picture for the cover of the book. I mean, the title its self implies that her butt is "big", the summary implies that she is slightly overweight, but the girl in that picture does not fit either of those.There is definitely a message...
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