Dumplin'
Dumplin'
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Dumplin'

Written by Julie Murphy
Book #1 in the Dumplin' Series
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13 - 18
Reading age
400
Page count
85,258
Word count
710L
Lexile measure
Mar 14, 2017
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Now a popular 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.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780062327192
    Publication Date
    March 14, 2017
    Publisher
    Balzer + Bray
    Original Publication Date
    September 15, 2015
    Page Count
    400
    Word Count
    85258
    Audience
    Young Adult
    Reading Age
    13 - 18 years
    Lexile® Level
    710L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~Q
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~4.5

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