Dumplin' (Dumplin', 1)
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 ...show more
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I remember watching the movie a few years ago and wished I never did because the book was so much better! There were so many more little details that made the book so fun to read.
Willowdean, aka Dumplin' is not our regular protagonist. A confident, happy in her own skin, self-proclaimed fat teenager, Dumplin' is the daughter of a former winner of beauty pageant. Tired of people's stereotypical thoughts, she made an unusual decision of entering a beauty pageant. Not to win, but to state the fact that any girl can be part of a beauty pageant. What future lays in front of our adorable Dumplin'?
I started the book with big e...read more
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