Title:The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things
Author: Mackler, Carolyn
Publisher: Candlewick Press, 2003
ISBN-10: 0763619582
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Reading Level: 790 Lexile
Interest Level: 13+
Readers Annotation: Everyone in my family is beautiful and thin. Everyone, that is, other than me. I am over weight, unpopular and unhappy.
Plot:
Virginia feels like she does not fit into her family. Everyone is successful, beautiful and powerful. Virginia feels she is none of these things. She is overweight and spends her time playing on the internet and eating junk food. There is a boy Froggy who has taken interest in her but wont be seen with her in public. His real name is Froggy. Virginia's self esteem is so low but she decides to change her life and go on a diet. This is going great until a terrible call comes to the family. Virginia's older brother Byron has been suspended from college for date rape. As the family struggles with this news and figuring out the reality, Virginia needs to face her inner demons as well as the realization her family is not perfect.
Review:
This is an interesting book about something that is not talked about as often as it should. Virginia is very self conscious but she does not like to let people know this. She is so afraid that Froggy will see her body and run. She is afraid that she will always be fat and not be accepted by her family. It is a good book to help the reader see the beauty inside themselves and that nothing is as it seems.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower- Stephen Chbosky
Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging- Louise Rennison
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