Now a Netflix feature film, starring Jennifer Aniston, Danielle Macdonald, and Dove Cameron, as well as a soundtrack from Dolly Parton
The #1 New York Times bestseller and feel-good YA of the year--about Willowdean Dixon, the fearless, funny, and totally unforgettable heroine who takes on her small town's beauty pageant.
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed "Dumplin'" by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body.
With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked . . . until Will takes a job at Harpy's, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn't surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.
Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant--along with several other unlikely candidates--to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any girl does.
Along the way, she'll shock the hell out of Clover City--and maybe herself most of all.
--Jennifer Echols, author of GOING TOO FAR
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Published: 09/15/2015
ISBN: 9780062327185
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.90w x 1.30d
Award: Tayshas Reading - Highly Commended
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 06/01/2015
Romantic Times 09/01/2015 pg. 38 - Excellent
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 08/01/2015 pg. 108
Booklist 08/01/2015 pg. 63
BookPage 09/01/2015
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2015 pg. 86
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 90
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2016 pg. 13
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2015
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2016 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 178396 / Dumplin' Go Big or Go Home
Reading Level: 4.6 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 12