num_pages: 256
description: Fifteen-year-old Virginia Shreves has a larger-than-average body and a plus-size inferiority complex, especially when she compares herself to her slim, brilliant, picture-perfect family. But that’s before a shocking phone call — and a horrifying allegation — about her rugby-star brother changes everything. With irreverent humor and surprising gravity, Carolyn Mackler creates an endearingly blunt heroine who speaks to every teen who struggles with family expectations, and proves 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 (Virginia Shreves, #1)
genres: Banned Books, Chick Lit, Teen, Coming Of Age, Humor, Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
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 Press