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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.

Where to get it

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