{"product_id":"fat-chance-charlie-vega-9780823447176","title":"Fat Chance, Charlie Vega","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eComing of age as a Fat brown girl in a white Connecticut suburb is hard. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarder when your whole life is on fire, though.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharlie Vega is a lot of things. Smart. Funny. Artistic. Ambitious. Fat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople sometimes have a problem with that last one. Especially her mom. Charlie wants a good relationship with her body, but it's hard, and her mom leaving a billion weight loss shakes on her dresser doesn't help. The world and everyone in it have ideas about what she should look like: thinner, lighter, slimmer-faced, straighter-haired. \u003ci\u003eBe smaller. Be whiter. Be quieter. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut there's one person who's always in Charlie's corner: her best friend Amelia. Slim. Popular. Athletic. Totally dope. So when Charlie starts a tentative relationship with cute classmate Brian, the first worthwhile guy to notice her, everything is perfect until she learns one thing--he asked Amelia out first. So is she his second choice or what? Does he even really see her? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause it's time people did. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sensitive, funny, and painfully honest coming-of-age story with a wry voice and tons of chisme, \u003ci\u003eFat Chance, Charlie Vega\u003c\/i\u003e tackles our relationships to our parents, our bodies, our cultures, and ourselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New England Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Young Adult Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR 'Book We Love!' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Crystal Maldonado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holiday House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823447176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrystal Maldonado is a writer by night and a marketer and social media manager by day. She has been published in \u003ci\u003eLatina\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe Hartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDogster\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the co-founder of the online magazine Positively Smitten. \u003ci\u003eFat Chance, Charlie Vega\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel, and was bought in a competitive pre-empt as part of a two-book deal. She lives in Western Massachusetts with her husband, her dog, and her super-duper adorable baby daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39826003034227,"sku":"9780823447176","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_44f95e9c-6e89-47fc-8512-2370e2c7c7b8.jpg?v=1644540559","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/fat-chance-charlie-vega-9780823447176","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}