![]() ![]() Her account of suffering horrendous exercise videos and bad food is both funny and sad, and she falls off the wagon several times. With a cast of characters including Willowdean's former-pageant-winning mother and Mitch, the sweet guy Willow just doesn't have any chemistry with, this character-driven, humorous romp proves you can never have too much female friendship or Dolly Parton. Unwisely determined to lose 45 pounds in two months in order to look good in a bridesmaid's dress when her aunt marries her girlfriend, Ann buys a diet program from an infomercial. The idea of a relationship shakes Willow's confidence, and she decides to enter the local beauty pageant with a quartet of other unlikely contestants. Then an ex-jock kisses her and she doesn't tell Ellen. ![]() In Julie Murphy's Dumplin', Willowdean Dixon is an unapologetic "fat girl" in small-town Texas and with her best friend Ellen, can take on the world. Most of them are funny, even if they have a serious theme. I've picked out some teen books that may be enjoyable for adults as well as the high school set, dealing with confidence and appearance issues. ![]() We were all teenagers once, whether our memories of that time are pleasant or not. Beauty and the Beast Win Second, opens a new window by Ian Aberle, opens a new window / CC by 2.0, opens a new window / Cropped from original ![]()
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