Starfishing

Friday, I finished a wonderful YA novel by Lisa Fipps called Starfish. It was about a young, overweight girl named Ellie who struggles through a life of almost constant verbal, emotional, and psychological abuse because of her weight. She had a list of what she called “Fat Girl Rules.” Things that she wasn’t allowed to do, had to make sure she always did, and allowed others to do, all because she was a “fat girl.”

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