Starfish
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Bullying
4.7
(495)
Lisa Fipps
A Printz Honor winner!Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this poignant debut novel-in-verse.Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her weight. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules—like "no making waves," "avoid eating in public," and "don't move so fast that your body jiggles." And she's found her safe space—her swimming pool—where she feels weightless in a fat-obsessed world. In the water, she can stretch herself out like a starfish and take up all the room she wants. It's also where she can get away from her pushy mom, who thinks criticizing Ellie's weight will motivate her to diet. Fortunately, Ellie has allies in her dad, her therapist, and her new neighbor, Catalina, who loves Ellie for who she is. With this support buoying her, Ellie might finally be able to cast aside the Fat Girl Rules and starfish in real life--by unapologetically being her own fabulous self.
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Author
Lisa Fipps
Pages
256
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2021-03-09
ISBN
1984814516 9781984814517
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"Doesn’t seem like a poem book at all. Would def be better just as a plain old novel and even with more details. I went into this book thinking I was going to hate it but it ended up not being that bad still def not a book I would reread or recommend "
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Maddie Green
"This was a beautiful book "
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Jeff edonick
"Great book for body posutivity, would reccomend!"
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Bee Simmons-Noel
"I devoured this book in around one day. (Of course, I listened to the audio book of it so that wasn't too hard. Also the narrator did a great job! Highly recommend. ) this book gave a great representation of how Ellie felt. And I was so happy and proud of her for learning to strand up to herself and of course learning how to love everything about her. Including what everyone else saw as her flaws. The fact that the other students just sat there and watch all that horrendous bullying happen to poor Ellie really made me wish I could hit some of those characters. And although "enemy #3" turned out to just be projecting I wish he would have been nicer to Ellie and made an effort to be friend with her. I hope this review helped and that you decide to read this book because it will NOT disappoint. I also thought it did a great job on touching on Ellie's insecurities. Definetly earned that five stars!!"
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Diana Slaten
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