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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Candlewick Pr
Publication date
August 1, 2003
Pages
256
Binding
School and Library
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780763619589
ISBN-10
0763619582
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$15.99
Other format details
juvenile
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
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 Shreves tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her. 10,000 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: An overweight teen is sure that sheâs the weakest link in her high-powered family - until her handsome, athletic, star-student brother has a shocking fall from grace.
Fifteen-year-old Virginia Shreves has a larger-than-average body and a plus-size inferiority complex. She lives on the Web, snarfs junk food, and follows the "Fat Girl Code of Conduct." Her stuttering best friend has just moved to Walla Walla (of all places). Her new companion, Froggy Welsh the Fourth (real name), has just succeeded in getting his hand up her shirt, and she lives in fear that heâll look underneath. Then there are the other Shreves: Mom, the successful psychologist and exercise fiend; Dad, a top executive who ogles thin women on TV; and older siblings Anaïs and rugby god Byron, both of them slim and brilliant. Delete Virginia, and the Shreves would be a picture-perfect family. Or so sheâs convinced. And then a shocking phone call changes everything.
With irreverent humor, insight, and surprising gravity, Carolyn Mackler creates an endearingly blunt heroine whose story will speak to every teen who struggles with family expectations - and serve as a welcome reminder that the most impressive achievement is to be true to yourself.
Fifteen-year-old Virginia Shreves has a larger-than-average body and a plus-size inferiority complex. She lives on the Web, snarfs junk food, and follows the "Fat Girl Code of Conduct." Her stuttering best friend has just moved to Walla Walla (of all places). Her new companion, Froggy Welsh the Fourth (real name), has just succeeded in getting his hand up her shirt, and she lives in fear that heâll look underneath. Then there are the other Shreves: Mom, the successful psychologist and exercise fiend; Dad, a top executive who ogles thin women on TV; and older siblings Anaïs and rugby god Byron, both of them slim and brilliant. Delete Virginia, and the Shreves would be a picture-perfect family. Or so sheâs convinced. And then a shocking phone call changes everything.
With irreverent humor, insight, and surprising gravity, Carolyn Mackler creates an endearingly blunt heroine whose story will speak to every teen who struggles with family expectations - and serve as a welcome reminder that the most impressive achievement is to be true to yourself.
Editions
Paperback
Reprint edition from Candlewick Pr (February 14, 2012)
9780763659790 | details & prices | 244 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 10-12 | 0.50 lbs | List price $8.99
About: An overweight teen is sure that sheâs the weakest link in her high-powered family - until her handsome, athletic, star-student brother has a shocking fall from grace.
About: An overweight teen is sure that sheâs the weakest link in her high-powered family - until her handsome, athletic, star-student brother has a shocking fall from grace.
Reprint edition from Candlewick Pr (January 30, 2007)
9780763620912 | details & prices | 244 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 10-12 | 0.60 lbs | List price $8.99
About: 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.
About: 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.
from Gardners Books (July 3, 2006); titled "The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things"
9781844282937 | details & prices | 304 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.62 lbs | List price $10.35
About: Virginia has a 'larger-than-average' body and some inferiority complex.
About: Virginia has a 'larger-than-average' body and some inferiority complex.
School and Library
The price comparison is for this edition
from Candlewick Pr (August 1, 2003)
9780763619589 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 10-12 | 0.95 lbs | List price $15.99
About: 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.
About: 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.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (November 1, 2005); titled "Earth, My Butt, And Other Big Round Things"
9780606343930 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $17.87
About: "The heroineâs transformation into someone who finds her own style and speaks her own mind is believable â and worthy of applause.
About: "The heroineâs transformation into someone who finds her own style and speaks her own mind is believable â and worthy of applause.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (April 9, 2009)
9781439598351 | details & prices | 244 pages | Rec. grade levels 10-12 | List price $17.99
from Turtleback Books (June 14, 2005); titled "Earth, My Butt, And Other Big Round Things"
9781417674886 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 10-12 | 0.84 lbs | List price $19.65
About: 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.
About: 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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