Sooooo....what
book are we waiting on here at RFYF?
School is back in session and brings, along with homework, the stress of dressing to impress and looking good. The pitfalls of dating and relationships, feeling good or bad about how we look. The book that we chose this week takes a hard look at the choices we make to impress others. Enjoy!
School is back in session and brings, along with homework, the stress of dressing to impress and looking good. The pitfalls of dating and relationships, feeling good or bad about how we look. The book that we chose this week takes a hard look at the choices we make to impress others. Enjoy!
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by Jen Larsen
Release Date: 6 October 2015
Publisher: HarperTeen
Every year on her birthday, Ashley Perkins gets a card from her grandmother—a card that always contains a promise: lose enough weight, and I will buy your happiness.
Ashley doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with the way she looks, but no amount of arguing can persuade her grandmother that “fat” isn’t a dirty word—that Ashley is happy with her life, and her body, as it is. But Ashley wasn’t counting on having her dreams served up on a silver platter at her latest birthday party. She falters when Grandmother offers the one thing she’s always wanted: tuition to attend Harvard University—in exchange for undergoing weight loss surgery.
As Ashley grapples with the choice that little white card has given her, she feels pressured by her friends, her family, even administrators at school. But what’s a girl to do when the reflection in her mirror seems to bother everyone but her?
Through her indecisions and doubts, Ashley’s story is a liberating one—a tale of one girl, who knows that weight is just a number, and that no one is completely perfect.
(goodreads summary)
Ashley doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with the way she looks, but no amount of arguing can persuade her grandmother that “fat” isn’t a dirty word—that Ashley is happy with her life, and her body, as it is. But Ashley wasn’t counting on having her dreams served up on a silver platter at her latest birthday party. She falters when Grandmother offers the one thing she’s always wanted: tuition to attend Harvard University—in exchange for undergoing weight loss surgery.
As Ashley grapples with the choice that little white card has given her, she feels pressured by her friends, her family, even administrators at school. But what’s a girl to do when the reflection in her mirror seems to bother everyone but her?
Through her indecisions and doubts, Ashley’s story is a liberating one—a tale of one girl, who knows that weight is just a number, and that no one is completely perfect.
(goodreads summary)
I really like the sound of this one. I will have to look into getting it! Hope you enjoy it. My WOW
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