Summary
Crippled with guilt after causing a horrific accident two years earlier, sixteen-year-old Bett’s life is a series of pluses and minuses. But when the pluses become too much to outweigh the minuses, Bett is forced to confront her self-harming behavior in this stirring and powerful novel about self-forgiveness.
Bett’s life is a series of pluses and minuses: good moments she believes she doesn’t deserve, and self-punishments that she believes she does.
Two years ago Bett was athl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781481465182 |
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| ISBN-10: | 148146518X |
| Author: | N. Griffin |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Atheneum |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 413g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 140mm x 210mm |
| Audience Age: | 12-99 |
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Critics Review
“A much-needed story about a fat girl that does not equate weight loss with salvation.” – Kirkus
This refreshingly different plot manages to address current social concerns, such as body image, PTSD, domestic abuse, and small-town high school politics, with energy and unsentimental compassion. * BCCB *
It is refreshing to see a story where there is no fat-shaming and no “weight loss = salvation” message … . Moving. * School Library Connection *
A heartfelt journey through the importance of self-love and forgiveness, perfect for fans of Sara Zarr and Gayle Forman. * School Library Journal *
N. Griffin
N. Griffin is the author of The Whole Stupid Way We Are, for which she was named one of Publishers Weekly’s Flying Start Authors of 2013, as well as Just Wreck It All, Smashie McPerter and The Mystery of Room 11, Smashie McPerter and the Mystery of the Missing Goop, and Trigger. She received her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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