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The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 3,269 Ratings and 694 Reviews

Book Description
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...
Book Information
Publisher
BindingLibrary Binding (16 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages244
ISBN-101439598355
ISBN-13978-1439598351
Publication Date04/09/2009
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About Carolyn Mackler (Author) : Carolyn Mackler is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Carolyn Mackler include The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (Unabridged), V... more
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11/3/2009 Jennie wilson

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9/11/2009 Nicole Green said: I'm halfway through it. It's slow going because I'm a little disenchanted with the main character, but the writing is strong, the content admirable, and the plot holds together well.
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3/6/2009 Jennifer Metcalf said: Great, great YA book! Very funny and moving.
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6/20/2008 BayShore Books said:
Virginia Shreves just doesn’t measure up. She doesn’t fit in with the pencil thin popular girls and certainly not with her picture perfect family. Then she realizes everyone else may not be as perfect as they seem. Rather than change herself to fit the perfect mold that society has created, s... more

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5/4/2008 Paula Odabasi said: Hysterical and insightful. I heard Carolyn speak at the Winter SCBWI conference and found her very inspiring and down-to-earth.
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2/9/2008 Sara Hantz said: Fabulous!
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6/3/2007 Kimberly Hirsh tagged as: I Read

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