"Fat Angie" by E.E. Charlton-Trujillo (264 pages)

 “There was a girl. Her name was Angie. She was fat.” Barely fitting into her sister’s basketball shirt, Angie acquires the name Fat Angie. She uses Swiss Rolls, Big Macs, and other fattening foods to make her feel better about what’s going on in her life. Her mother is never around, Stacey Ann constantly torments her, and she’s the only one who believes that her captured sister is still alive. Walking through the halls at William Anders High School is already tough for Angie, but it gets worse when she attempts to kill herself in front of everyone. Everything changes when KC Romance arrives in Dryfalls, Ohio. She’s a girl “who is 199% wow” as Angie would say. KC has a secret though, and only Jake sees it at first. Jake, Angie’s neighbor, helps Angie work towards one specific goal; making the varsity basketball team. When things finally start to fall in place for Angie, they get news that changes everything. Does Angie return to being “Fat Angie”, or does she turn into someone who is well respected? Find out by reading this “outrageous and touching, darkly comic, anti-romantic romance.”

The number one thing all readers should get out of this book is that IT’S OKAY TO BE WHO YOU ARE.

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