The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler

A Michael L. Printz Honor Book * An ALA Best Book for Young Adults * A YALSA Teens' Top Ten Book * An NYPL Book for the Teen Age

Carolyn Mackler's Printz Honor book--starring the unforgettably funny, body-conscious Virginia Shreves--returns in this 15th anniversary edition featuring text updates and never-before-seen material from the author.

Fifteen-year-old Virginia feels like a plus-sized black sheep in her family, especially next to her perfect big brother Byron. Not to mention her best friend has moved, leaving Virginia to navigate an awkward relationship with a boy alone. He might like her now . . . but she has her doubts about how he'll react if he ever looks under all her layers of clothes.

In order to survive, Virginia decides to follow a "Fat Girl Code of Conduct," which works, until the unthinkable causes her family's façade to crumble. As her world spins out of orbit, she realizes that being true to herself might be the only way back.

Told in a perfect blend of humor and heart, this acclaimed Printz Honor winner resonates as much today as it did when it first published, and now features a new author foreword, text updates, and other bonus content.

Carolyn Mackler is the author of the bestselling teen novels The World, My Butt, and Other Huge Round Things (A Michael L. Printz Book) and The Earth, My Butt, and Other Large Round Things (A Michael L. Printz Book). Tangled; Guyaholic; Vegan Virgin Valentine; and Love and Other Four-Letter Terms (a Printz Honor Book). Carolyn's most recent work, The Future of Us, which she co-wrote with bestselling author Jay Asher, has gotten starred reviews and has been optioned by Warner Brothers for a film adaptation. Her debut novel for a younger audience is Best Friend Next Door.