Fat Angie Contributor(s): Charlton-Trujillo, E. E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763661198 ISBN-13: 9780763661199 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Romance - Lgbt - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Self-mutilation - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Depression |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2012942623 |
Lexile Measure: 660 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.1" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 169754 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Winner of a 2014 Stonewall Book Award Her sister was captured in Iraq, she's the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in her life really change anything? Angie is broken -- by her can't-be-bothered mother, by her high-school tormenters, and by being the only one who thinks her varsity-athlete-turned-war-hero sister is still alive. Hiding under a mountain of junk food hasn't kept the pain (or the shouts of "crazy mad cow ") away. Having failed to kill herself -- in front of a gym full of kids -- she's back at high school just trying to make it through each day. That is, until the arrival of KC Romance, the kind of girl who doesn't exist in Dryfalls, Ohio. A girl who is one hundred and ninety-nine percent wow A girl who never sees her as Fat Angie, and who knows too well that the package doesn't always match what's inside. With an offbeat sensibility, mean girls to rival a horror classic, and characters both outrageous and touching, this darkly comic anti-romantic romance will appeal to anyone who likes entertaining and meaningful fiction. |