The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things [electronic resource]
Mackler, Carolyn2005
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Fifteen-year-old Virginia Shreves has a larger-than-average body and a plus-size inferiority complex, especially when she compares herself to her slim, brilliant, picture-perfect family. But that's before a shocking phone call—and a horrifying allegation—about her rugby-star brother changes everything. With irreverent humor and surprising gravity, Carolyn Mackler creates an endearingly blunt heroine who speaks to every teen who struggles with family expectations, and proves that the most impressive achievement is to be true to yourself.
Main title:
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things [electronic resource] / Carolyn Mackler
Author:
Mackler, Carolyn, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Candlewick Press, 2005
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 3-4
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Carolyn Mackler is the author of the acclaimed young adult novel LOVE AND OTHER FOUR-LETTER WORDS, which was an American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and an International Reading Association Young Adult Choice. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous publications, including SEVENTEEN, GIRLS' LIFE, TEEN PEOPLE, and GLAMOUR. Of THE EARTH, MY BUTT, AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS, she says, "So many of us feel like we don't quite fit in with the rest of the world, that we're inferior to others in some way. But things happen. Bad things happen. And many of us end up learning the difficult but important lesson that the people we idolize may not be all they're cracked up to be. And guess what? We're not so bad after all!"
Awards:
Teen's Top Ten (Young Adult Library Services Association)Best Fiction for Young Adults (Young Adult Library Services Association)
ISBN:
9780763654320
Language:
English
BRN:
1524975
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