{"product_id":"9780823451319","title":"Fat Chance, Charlie Vega","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMaldonado, Crystal\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHoliday House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eComing of age as a Fat brown girl in a white Connecticut suburb is hard.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarder when your whole life is on fire, though.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New England Book Award Winner!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlie Vega is a lot of things. Smart. Funny. Artistic. Ambitious. Fat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeople sometimes have a problem with that last one. Especially her mom. Charlie wants a good relationship with her body, but it's hard, and her mom leaving a billion weight loss shakes on her dresser doesn't help. The world and everyone in it have ideas about what she should look like: thinner, lighter, slimmer-faced, straighter-haired. \u003ci\u003eBe smaller. Be whiter. Be quieter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut there's one person who's always in Charlie's corner: her best friend Amelia. Slim. Popular. Athletic. Totally dope. So when Charlie starts a tentative relationship with cute classmate Brian, the first worthwhile guy to notice her, everything is perfect until she learns one thing--he asked Amelia out first. So is she his second choice or what? Does he even really see her?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause it's time people did.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sensitive, funny, and painfully honest coming-of-age story with a wry voice and tons of chisme, \u003ci\u003eFat Chance, Charlie Vega\u003c\/i\u003e tackles our relationships to our parents, our bodies, our cultures, and ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Amazon Best Children’s Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA POPSUGAR Best New Young Adult Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Cosmopolitan Best New Book\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Bustle Most Anticipated Debut\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Forbes Most Notable Young Adult Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Latinxs in Publishing Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e A Business Insider Best Young Adult Romance Book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44215318905087,"sku":"9780823451319","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780823451319_s600x595.jpg?v=1775604865","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780823451319","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}