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Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.

Summary: I didn't want it to end.

Rating: 4

Virginia is a 15-year-old fat-girl from Manhattan(we never find out how fat she really is, suffice it to say, she can't fit into anything in the teen section of Saks, her mom forces her to wear old lady clothes from Salon Z. So it's not like those books where the token 'fat girl' turns out to be a size six.)

The book chronicles her evolution from a weak and helpless defeatist with low self confidence to a strong, empowered girl who starts to believe in herself and asserts independence.

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I liked how the book didn't end with her being skinny. She had found happiness and it turns out it wasn't linked in with what her body looks like.

I wish the book had had a few more chapters, i was left unsatisfied with where it ended. i wanted Anais to come back, i wanted to hear more about Froggy, I wanted Brie to join Earthquack and become friends with Ginny.

This book could really do with a sequel but i suppose the author is onto different projects now.

the reason i don't give the book 5 stars is because the mom was REALLY OBNOXIOUS. All the scenes with her just irritated me. She seemed like a one-dimensional villain and her excuse of 'i was a fat girl when i was your age, boohoohoo' wasn't really good enough. being a child psychiatrist, she should have known better. she should have been a better mother to Ginny... if you look at the three children she produced (a daughter who left to Africa to get as far away from her as possible, a son who was suspended from school for date rape and a daughter who has weight and self esteem problems and self-injures) she's a huge failure, professionally and personally.

The whole 'blame the mother' thing just cheapens the whole book. The whole 'the parent is a child-therapist but fails at raising his/her own children' cliche has been overdone so much it was disappointing to see that that's where the author went with this. I wish the author had put more effort into the mom instead of just letting her be the bad guy.

Summary: all about empowerment

Rating: 5

Ok, this book is a little pat in some places. Turning your life around is probably not as easy as Carolyn Mackler would make it out to be. That being said, this is a really good book. Virginia (or Ginny) is a believable, sympathetic, likable character. Her problems are real, and her solutions to them are fun, if not entirely realistic. But they work for her, and I, at least, was willing to go along for the ride.

A good read aside, Mackler also deals with some serious issues in the book, including date rape and eating disorders (no, neither apply directly to Ginny). These I thought she dealt with very well, and very realistically, showing that not everything wraps up in a neat package at the end, and not every problem can always be solved.

Overall, this is just a good story about a girl who manages to find ways to empower herself despite not always (or usually) getting a lot of support from her family. But she has help from other people around her and figures out how to be herself, and, more importantly, how to be comfortable being herself.

Summary: A good book about trials of being an adolescence

Rating: 4

Virginia Shreves is a high school sophomore in Manhattan who feels out of place in her family with her perfect university-student brother (Columbia), her older sister in the Peace Corps, her psychologist mother who wants a perfect family and her skinny-women obsessed father. She lives by her "Fat Girl Code of Conduct" regarding her friend Froggy the Fourth, so he wouldn't be embarrassed being seen with her though they hang out in her penthouse apartment.

Her life follows this route of hiding herself until her brother is suspended for date rape. This allows her to see that her life and family isn't always perfect and to stand up/rebel against her mom.

I found this book a good read, where the consequences of date rape are explored (though not from the victim's point of view, but the rapist's family's point of view) as well as dealing with friends leaving and finding your own niche. Other experiences of growing up - eating disorders, self-harm - are touched upon though I wish more had been done with Virginia's self-harm because it's a very important part of growing up. I read this book when I was 19, so a part of me was cynical, but I could still relate with feeling alienated from my classmates and other aspects.

Summary: The Earth, My Butt, and My Review

Rating: 5

I love this book! I got it for my 18th birthday from a friend who thought the title was funny and knew that I had always had a sore spot about my weight so she decided this would be a fun book for me. I thought I would read it once and put it on the shelf to never give it a second thought, but I was totally wrong. I fell in love with the characters and all they went through, not just her weight problem but her family's situation too. I really though teen books were behind me, but now I see that books like this, only make me feel better about myself. I recommend it for adults as well as kids.

Summary: Yes

Rating: 5

I read this book a while ago and I remember it with a passion. It was one of the first books I read when I got into reading. I HIGHLY recommended this book. I LOVE this book. Its so special and the author puts things in a way that you can fell that being your brother, and your family. I will also say the ending is get. I have to say that was one of the best ending ever.

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