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Bloomsbury USA Childrens
On sale:
January 2008
Price:
$16.95
Format:
Hardcover
Size:
5.0625 x 7.75 in
Pages:
320 pp
Ages:
12
Grades:
7
ISBN-13: 9781599902067
ISBN-10: 1599902060
Big Fat Manifesto
By Susan Vaught
Book Description
Jamie is a senior in high school and, like so many kids in that year, doing too much—including trying to change the world—and fighting for her rights as a very fat girl.
Jamie is a senior in high school and, like so many kids in that year, doing too much—including trying to change the world—and fighting for her rights as a very fat girl. And not quietly: she's writing a column every week in the paper with her thoughts and fears and gripes. As her column raises all kinds of questions, so too, must she find her own private way in her world, with love popping up in an unexpected place, and satisfaction in her size losing ground to real frustration. Tapping into her own experience losing weight, her training as a psychotherapist, and the current fascination in the media for teens who are trying drastic weight-loss measures including surgery, Susan Vaught's searing and hilarious prose will grip readers of all sizes, leaving them eager to hear more.
"This zesty page-turner will hook readers with romance and energy while addressing a woefully ignored subject." --Kirkus Reviews
"Speaks forcefully about fat issues to those who have experienced them—as well as to those who haven’t." --Booklist
“Jamie is a strong, interesting character who grows over the course of the novel, recognizing her own contradictions. This is a powerful story for readers of any weight.”—School Library Journal
"Thought-provoking and, frequently, vigorous." --Publishers Weekly
"What Jamie accomplishes is a full accounting of her senior year---a year of adventures with friends, successes and failures, last kisses and first ones, all seen through the eyes of an unapologetically fat girl who feelings can be hurt, but who can fight back and forgive. Readers will not only be challenged but also changed by meeting Jamie."--BCCB
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