Big Fat Manifesto

Vaught, Susan. Big Fat Manifesto. New York: Bloomsbury, 2008.

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Genre: Realistic/Issues

Annotation:
This is a book about an overweight teenage girl who writes about what it is like to be overweight in a weekly column called Fat Girl in the high school newspaper.

Booktalk Review:
Jamie Carcaterra, is a bold, full of life, ambitious teenager who writes about the reality of being overweight in her weekly high school column, Fat Girl. Read what she has to say to her high school in the Back To School Special Edition:

I am so sick of reading books and article about fat girls written by skinny women. Or worse yet, skinny guys. Tell me, what in the name of all that's creamy and chocolate do skinny guys know about being a fat girl? [p.1]

Her tell-it-like-it-is frankness, in-your-face humor and wittiness make this book a page turner.

Awards, Recognitions, Honors, etc.:

• Featured on Oprah.com on the Kids Reading List (12 and up)
  

Author's Website:
http://www.susanvaught.com/