Fat Girl on a Plane
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“A savvy, smart, and funny book about embracing your body and taking control of your destiny.”
—Kathleen Glasgow, author of the New York Times bestselling novel Girl in Pieces
“Bold, unique, and completely original…A debut both spirited and inventive, much like its indomitable heroine.”
—Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of Firsts
From debut author Kelly DeVos comes an unforgettable story about fierce fashion, pursuing your dreams, and loving yourself at any size.
FAT
Cookie Vonn’s dreams include getting out of Phoenix and becoming the next great fashion designer. But in the world of fashion, being fat is a cardinal sin. It doesn’t help that she’s constantly compared to her supermodel mother—and named after a dessert.
Cookie scores a trip to New York to pitch her design portfolio, but her plans are put on standby when she’s declared too fat to fly. When she finally arrives, she finds she’s been replaced by her ultrathin rival. Cookie vows to lose weight, get out of the friend zone with her crush, and put her dreams back on track.
SKINNY
Cookie expected sunshine and rainbows, but nothing about her new life is turning out like she planned. When the fashion designer of the moment offers her what she’s always wanted—an opportunity to live and study in New York—she finds herself in a world full of people more interested in putting women down than dressing them up. Her designs make waves, but her real dream of creating great clothes for people of all sizes seems to grow more distant by the day.
Will she realize that she’s always had the power to make her own dreams come true?
“A realistic portrayal of the frustrations of weight loss and size acceptance…sex, body positivity, and ambition. VERDICT A strong choice for most YA shelves.”
—School Library Journal
“Packed with smart zingers about what it feels like to be fat and have a body that people criticize…Also a fairytale romp through the New York City fashion world.”
—Carolyn Mackler, B&N Teen Blog
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Cookie Vonn, a 19-year-old aspiring clothing designer, has spent years advocating for girls who don't fit the stereotypical standard of beauty promoted by the fashion industry. Before her own significant weight loss on the "NutriNation" diet, she was often dismissed and ridiculed for her size. Chapters alternate between the period before Cookie's weight loss including the humiliating flight when she was told that she was too large for one plane seat and after. In the present day, doors are opening for Cookie now that she is thin. She takes a sabbatical from college to team up with a much older, established designer to create a plus-size collection, but she realizes that losing weight isn't the magical cure-all she thought it would be. As she and the designer enter a sexual relationship, she worries that her life is beginning to mirror that of her thoughtless supermodel mother, even as she fights to give plus-size women a voice. Readers will appreciate deVos's characterization of Cookie, who realistically struggles to stay true to herself, regardless of the numbers on the scale. Ages 14 up.