Here are the numbers of Ann Galardi's life:
She is
16.
And a size
17.
Her perfect mother is a size
6.
Her Aunt Jackie is getting married in
2 months, and wants Ann to be a bridesmaid.
So Ann makes up her mind: Time to lose
45 pounds (more or less).
Welcome to the world of informercial diet plans, wedding dance lessons, endless run-ins with the cutest guy Ann's ever seen—and some surprises about her
not-so-perfect mother.
And there's one more thing—it's all about feeling comfortable in your own skin—no matter how you add it up!
K.A. Barson's sparkling debut is "deliciously relatable, with a lot of laughter on the side." -- Rita Williams-Garcia
, New York Times best-selling author
On sale: July 3, 2014
Age: 12 and up
Grade: Grade 7 & Up
Page count: 272 Pages
ISBN: 9780142422656
K.A. Barson earned an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She and her husband live in Jackson, Michigan, surrounded by kids, grandkids, unruly dogs, and too many pairs of shoes. This is her first novel.
Visit her website at www.kabarson.com.
"With both humor and debth, the story of Ann's resilience, determination, and strength will inspire readers on their own journey toward a sparkly new life." --Susane Colasanti, author of
Keep Holding On"You'll love this book so much that you'll wish you had a friend like Ann." --Cynthia Leitich Smith,
New York Times bestselling author
"Deliciously relatable, with a lot of laughter on the side." -- Rita Williams-Garcia
, New York Times best-selling author
* "Barson offers up a powerful and poignant novel about hope and love in the midst of common and controversial issues about weight gain, weight loss, and the ability to persevere despite our flaws and predispositions to “eating,” or not eating, our emotions. It is a book readers will not want to wait to finish, and when it is done, they will pick it up again." --VOYA, starred review
