num_pages: 246
description: An overweight teen is sure that she’s the weakest link in her high-powered family — until her handsome, athletic, star-student brother has a shocking fall from grace.Fifteen-year-old Virginia Shreves has a larger-than-average body and a plus-size inferiority complex. She lives on the Web, snarfs junk food, and follows the "Fat Girl Code of Conduct." Her stuttering best friend has just moved to Walla Walla (of all places). Her new companion, Froggy Welsh the Fourth (real name), has just succeeded in getting his hand up her shirt, and she lives in fear that he’ll look underneath. Then there are the other Mom, the successful psychologist and exercise fiend; Dad, a top executive who ogles thin women on TV; and older siblings Anaïs and rugby god Byron, both of them slim and brilliant. Delete Virginia, and the Shreves would be a picture-perfect family. Or so she’s convinced. And then a shocking phone call changes everything.With irreverent humor, insight, and surprising gravity, Carolyn Mackler creates an endearingly blunt heroine whose story will speak to every teen who struggles with family expectations - and serve as a welcome reminder that the most impressive achievement is to be true to yourself.
language: English
title: The Earth, My Butt, And Other Big Round Things
titlecomplete: The Earth, My Butt, And Other Big Round Things
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Teen, Young Adult, Humor, Romance, Chick Lit, Banned Books, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 27261
places: New York City, New York
series: Virginia Shreves
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lauer Lufti
publisher: Candlewick