The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler


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Publication Information: Cambride, MA: Candlewick Press, 2003. 246 p.
Reading Level: Teens
Grades 7 -10

Lexile: 790

Michael L. Printz Honor Book, 2004
YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2004

BookList, September 1, 2003, p115
School Library Journal, vol 49, issue 9, p218
Publishers Weekly, vol 250, issue 29, p197
Kirkus Reviews, June 15, 2003

Virginia Shreves feels like the average daughter in a perfect family. Her mother obsesses about Virginia's weight and her father is hardly around. Her siblings are living out of the house and Virginia can't measure up - plus, her one best friend just moved to the other side of the county. Throughout the novel, Virginia takes control of her own life in big and small ways and evolves into a confident and happy young woman.


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