Big Fat Disaster

by Beth Fehlbaum

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Insecure, shy, and way overweight, Colby hates the limelight as much as her pageant-pretty mom and sisters love it. It's her life: Dad's a superstar, running for office on a family values platform. Then suddenly, he ditches his marriage for a younger woman and gets caught stealing money from the campaign. Everyone hates Colby for finding out and blowing the whistle on him. From a mansion, they end up in a poor relative's trailer, where her mom's contempt swells right along with Colby's supersized jeans. Then, a cruel video of Colby half-dressed, made by her cousin Ryan, finds its way onto the internet. Colby plans her own death. A tragic family accident intervenes, and Colby's role in it seems to paint her as a hero, but she's only a fraud. Finally, threatened with exposure, Colby must face facts about her selfish mother and her own shame. Harrowing and hopeful, proof that the truth that saves us can come with a fierce and terrible price, Big Fat Disaster is that rare thing, a story that is authentically new.
  • ISBN10 1440570485
  • ISBN13 9781440570483
  • Publish Date 18 April 2014 (first published 18 March 2014)
  • Publish Status Transferred
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Language English