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Tormented by her peers because of her weight and clinging to hope that her captured war-hero sister is still alive, Angie overeats to relieve her pain, attempts suicide and fails to progress in therapy before befriending a dynamic newcomer who treats her like a real person. Simultaneous.

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e. E. Charlton-Trujillo is an award-winning filmmaker and author of two novels, Prizefighter en Mi Casa, winner of a Delacorte Yearling Award, and Feels Like Home. About her new book, her first for Candlewick, she says, The first chapter of Fat Angie began on a restaurant napkin while listening to Lenny Kravitz's 'Are You Gonna Go My Way' on my iPod. Something in the pulse of the music ignited a distinct voice for this kid and her unbelievably odd and amazing world. Needless to say, I'm glad I kept that napkin. e.E. Charlton-Trujillo lives in Cincinnati.

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