Jamie is a senior in high school and, like so many kids her age, doing too much --- including trying to change the world --- and fighting for her rights as an overweight girl. And not quietly: she's writing a column every week in the paper with her thoughts, fears and gripes. As her column raises all kinds of questions, she must find her own private way in her world, with love popping up in an unexpected place and satisfaction in her size losing ground to real frustration.
Book of the Day: Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught
Jamie is a senior in high school and, like so many kids her age, doing too much --- including trying to change the world --- and fighting for her rights as an overweight girl. And not quietly: she's writing a column every week in the paper with her thoughts, fears and gripes. As her column raises all kinds of questions, she must find her own private way in her world, with love popping up in an unexpected place and satisfaction in her size losing ground to real frustration.