Dumplin'

By Julie Murphy

Subjects: Self-esteem, Overweight persons, nyt:young-adult-hardcover=2015-10-04, Friendship, fiction, New York Times bestseller, Dating (social customs), fiction, Dating (Social customs), Weight control, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Beauty contests, fiction, Texas, fiction, Beauty contests, Self-esteem, fiction, Friendship

Description: 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.