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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The irresistible companion novel to the New York Times bestseller When Dimple Met Rishi, which follows Rishi's brother, Ashish, and a confident, self-proclaimed fat athlete named Sweetie as they both discover what love means to them. Ashish Patel didn't know love could be so... sucky. After being dumped by his ex-girlfriend, his mojo goes AWOL. Even worse, his parents are annoyingly, smugly confident they could find him a better match. So, in a moment...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate life like a good neutral paint color: appreciated but unnoticed. That's why she's still a receptionist instead of exploring a career in art, why she lurks but never posts on the forums for her favorite makeover show, On the Plus Side, and why she's crushing so hard on her forever-unattainable co-worker. When no one notices you, they can't reject you or insist you're too much. This plan is working perfectly...
23) The underdogs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A shy, overweight 12-year-old & her best friend take on the case of a popular 16-year-old who died mysteriously leading to a breathtaking surprise twist"--
Author
Series
Field party novels volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told in separate voices, seventeen-year-old Tallulah Leddel, overweight, insecure, and angry at being ridiculed by football star Nash, and Nash, lost and bitter after an accident, unexpectedly find themselves falling in love.
Overweight and insecure, Tallulah Liddell had always been defined by her appearance. The only boy who did seem to notice her was her longtime crush, Nash Lee. When he laughs at a joke aimed at Tallulah the summer before their...
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the wake of her cousin's suicide, overweight and introverted seventeen-year-old Miles experiences significant changes in her relationships with her mother and father, her best friend Jamal and his family, and her cousin's father, while gaining insights about herself, both positive and negative.
27) Hairspray
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1962 Baltimore there are changes in the air. Plus-sized teen Tracy Turnblad, with big hair and even bigger heart, has only one passion, to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corney Collins Show" and is transformed overnight from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. The trendsetting Tracy aims to win the heart of teen-dream Link Larkin and stand up for what she believes in.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Francis loves words, and the class exercise where the students come up with words starting with a chosen letter; Francis has chosen the letter "p", but while reviewing the letter "f" one of her classmates comes up with "fat" and associates it with Francis which makes her sad and withdrawn--until later her father teaches her the word "possible" and they explore its meanings together.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Kat Sanchez uses photos of a friend to create a fake Instagram account, but when one of her posts goes viral and exposes Kat's duplicity, her entire world--both real and pretend--comes crashing down around her.
Twenty one-year-old Max Monroe has it all: beauty, friends, tons of followers on Instagram. Except it's all fake. Max is actually 17-year-old Kat Sanchez, a quiet and sarcastic, bisexual Puerto Rican teenager living in Bakersfield,...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, Zachary Beaver, "the fattest boy in the world." Over the course of the summer the three boys become friends and learn about life from each other.
32) Andy
Author
Series
Ellie's people volume 6
Language
English
Description
An overweight, short-tempered Amish teenager learns to control his eating habits and his anger after running away to live as a hobo.
Author
Publisher
Potter Craft
Pub. Date
�2008
Language
English
Description
Presents a second creative array of twenty-five stylish knitting patterns specifically tailored for full-figured women, including detailed knitting instruction, style and fashion tips, and complete directions for a variety of garments and accessories.
34) Slob
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Picked on, overweight genius Owen tries to invent a television that can see the past to find out what happened the day his parents were killed.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Cyril, an overweight boy who is good friends with Rose but wishes he could be more, helps his best friend Nick woo her with culinary masterpieces which Cyril himself secretly creates. Includes recipes from the story.
37) Thinner
Publisher
Artisan Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
2000, 1996
Language
English
Description
"Stephen King's Thinner serves up the story of a 300-pound attorney with an inflated ego to match. A 109-year-old gypsy with a supernatural ax to grind. And a dose of deadly revenge that compels its victim to eat now ... and pay later."--Container.
40) Where is Henry?
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The other animals hurt Henry the hippopotamus by telling him that he is too fat to play hide-and-seek with them, but they change their minds when he shows them how good he is at hiding.
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