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Skinny (2012) (edit title/settings)

by Donna Cooner (?) (edit contributors)

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Find your voice. Hopeless. Freak. Elephant. Pitiful. These are the words of Skinny, the vicious voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old Ever Davies's head. Skinny tells Ever all the dark thoughts her classmates have about her. Ever knows she weighs over three hundred pounds, knows she'll... read more

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  • Ever Davies: A fifteen-year-old obese girl (who gained weight after the death of her mother) who is so self-conscious about her weight that she has created a voice inside her head, Skinny, letting her know how awful Ever looks and what others are surely saying about her behind her back
  • Rat: Ever's best friend. A bit nerdy (science), takes it upon himself to keep track of her stats and her progress after the surgery
  • Briella: Ever's stepsister, a popular girl who has an absent father
  • Jackson: Ever's childhood friend who seems to be embarassed for her -- because of her weight
  • Whitney: A popular girl who gives Ever a "makeover"
  • Lindsey: Ever's other stepsister, a head cheerleader in high school who eventually goes to college
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “It isn't like I can hide it. I wear my failure for everyone to see.”
    Ever
  • “It doesn't matter what Briella thinks about me. What I am is too far in for her to see. I can't be found. By anyone.”
    Ever
  • “But hope is such a fragile flower in the rocky ground of my soul. I don't know how to nurture it and I'm shocked at its appearance.”
    Ever
  • “My theory is I'm going to love you even if you're skinny....Because you are, and have always been, beautiful.”
    Rat

First Sentence edit see section history

"I know what they think because she whispers their thoughts into my ear. I can hear them. Clearly. Constantly."

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 1 2012
ISBN: 0545427630
Page Count: 272

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

No explicit material, suitable for middle school and up.

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