The earth, my butt, and other big round things / Carolyn Mackler.
By: Mackler, Carolyn.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2003Edition: 1st U.S. ed.Description: 246 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0763619582 (hc. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Self-perception -- Fiction | Assertiveness (Psychology) -- Fiction | Family problems -- Fiction | Weight control -- Fiction | High schools -- Fiction | Schools -- Fiction | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction | Self-perception -- Fiction | Assertiveness (Psychology) -- Fiction | Family problems -- Fiction | Weight loss -- Fiction | High schools -- Fiction | School stories | New York (N.Y.) -- FictionDDC classification: [Fic] Awards: Green Mountain Book Award 2005-2006.Summary: Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
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Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
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Green Mountain Book Award 2005-2006.
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