The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things

By Carolyn Mackler

A sympathetic, humorous novel about an overweight teenager, by a major talent.

Virginia Shreves has a "larger-than-average" body and a medium-sized inferiority complex. Her mum is an exercise fiend, her dad whistles at skinny women, and her siblings are gorgeous, clever, and impossible to live up to. They're all people Virginia thinks the world of. In fact, Virginia thinks the world of everyone but herself. Then a phone call changes everything...

Categories: Fiction

For readers aged: 14+

  • Publication details:
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781844282937
  • Published: 03 Jul 2006
  • Price: £5.99
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  • Size: 198 x 129 mm
  • Pages: 304

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