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Lara, celebrated as a beauty pageant champion and Homecoming Queen, turns twenty‑eight and suddenly transforms, gaining weight and confronting the stigma of becoming a fat girl. Faced with growing self‑perception challenges, she must find confidence and resilience in a society that equates worth with body image.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Contemporary Fiction
Authors: Cherie Bennett
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