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Book Review By Ashareh
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler

Virginia Shreves is an overweight sophomore in high school struggling to live up to her parents' expectations of her. Her older siblings are perfect, while she lives by the Fat Girl Code of Conduct, and only fools around with Froggy the Fourth even though she might want something more. But everything she thought she knew about her family and herself gets turned upside down when she finds out that her brother is coming home because he was suspended after date-raping a girl at college.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 2000+ (Present Day)
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Struggle over
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 ()
United States Yes

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - Boob talk!
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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