Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

Dumplin'

Julie Murphy

HarperCollins · Paperback · March 14, 2017

Now a popular Netflix feature film, starring Jennifer Aniston, Danielle Macdonald, and Dove Cameron, as well as a soundtrack from Dolly Parton!

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Who it’s for
Playful, sharp-edged reading with teen life, friendship, and movie talk.
Genres
Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens, Contemporary YA Romance, Friendship for Teens
Published
HarperCollins, March 14, 2017

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About this book

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.

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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.

Sharp and Playful

Playful, sharp-edged reading with teen life, friendship, and movie talk.

Come here for

  • Playful tone with a sharp edge
  • Friendship, romance, and movie-world chatter

Expect

  • Themes around body image and self-harm
  • A book-club-friendly mix of feelings and commentary

Where it sits

Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens53%
Friendship for Teens39%
Contemporary YA Romance38%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Stories About Parents
  • YA Stories About Girls & Women
  • YA LGBTQ+
  • Contemporary YA Romance
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  • Dating & Sex for Teens
  • Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
  • Emotions & Feelings for Teens
  • Friendship for Teens
Authors
Julie Murphy
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
March 14, 2017
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
YA Stories About Parents