The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
by Carolyn Mackler
Young adult · ages 14–18 · grades 9–12 · 790L · 2003
Why we'd hand it over
Blunt, funny, and genuinely about body autonomy—a 2003 YA that doesn't sentimentalize fatness or resolve it through weight loss; Virginia stays herself and gets to want things anyway.