Book 2017

Dumplin'

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Publisher: Turtleback
Published: 2017

Children's fiction
Beauty contests, fiction
Weight control, fiction
Friendship, fiction
Dating (social customs), fiction
Self-esteem, fiction
Texas, fiction
Dating (Social customs)

Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.