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Anyone know of any other books with the protagonist being chubby/overweight/insecure about weight etc.
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by Madeline George
Fire and Thorn Trilogy by Rae Carson 
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Circle of Magic Quartet by Tamora Pierce.
Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee
"Blubber" and "Just as Long as We're Together" both by Judy Blume (amazing books, I highly recommend both of them)
"Dammed" by Chuck Palahniuk
Wendy wrote: "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (male narrator)"I was totally going to recommend that one! Great in audible as well!
Wendy wrote: "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (male narrator)"Was also going to recommend this. This book is a great and interesting read. Currently reading it now.
Actually, Uglies is about a society where everyone starts out as a normal looking person (Ugly) and gets plastic surgery on a certain birthday (16? 18? Can't remember) and become a "Pretty". Then certain people get genetic modifications to make them "Specials". But no one in the quartet, even when "Ugly" is described as being overly large. Very good series though.
Thanks for all the recommendations! I'm leaning towards 'Get well soon' and 'Looks' to start off with I think. I've read most of the Uglies series, and ergh did not like it at all and definitely not what I'm looking for.
I want something more like mental illness caused by weight issues.
And now that I think of it, really anything to do with mental illness I guess, but with weight issues is just a bonus!
"Fat Angie" might be what you're looking for but I haven't read it
"Fat Angie" might be what you're looking for but I haven't read it
Thanks for everyone's responses! Defo checking some of these books out! Another slightly different type, about a girl who's curvy/bigger but is proud and confident about it? Do those even exist? If not, I'll write one.
Models don't eat chocolate cookies by Erin Dione
This probably has nothing to do with the same kind of story of Eleanor and Park, but it is one in mind. Umm, it's a fantasy series with the first book being The Girl of Fire and Thorns and the main character, Elisa, is overweight and highly insecure. But she loses her weight by the end. That's the closest thing I know, unfortunately. :)
I think the female protagonist of the Lux saga (Obsidian is the first book) was more on the heavier side, and she made a few comments about it, although she was more confident/accepting that not about it
Fat Chance, by Nick Spalding, is a comedy about a seriously overweightmarried couple, where the wife is the protagonist who forces herself and her husband to enter a competition at her work place, against approximately 12 other couples who all have to loose as much weight as possible in a set amount of days. Whoever looses the most weight wins 50 grand...
I know it's not literature but for a film where the fat girl get's it all in the end, is Hairspray lol.
Have you tried "Anna and the French kiss"?, it`s kinda cute
I think this one would be a great. I've read it and it seemed interesting.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...Great read. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker.
Elizabeth Takes Off by Elizabeth Taylor
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In every book I read, the main character is always so uncharacteristically beautiful, she never notices it, but has plenty of guys liking her and blah blah.
No, I want something a bit more realistic. I mean, I'm not ugly. I have a boyfriend, blah blah, but when I was younger I wasn't a hidden beauty so to speak.
You know?