Huge

December 1, 2007
Gr 6-9-April saved every cent she made for nearly a year to attend Wellness Canyon, southern California's most elite "fat camp." Wil's parents own a high-brow chain of fitness clubs and cannot hide their shame about their daughter's weight, and so they send her there. April believes fitness camp will change her life, but Wil intends to be the first camper to actually gain weight. Predictably, the teens become roommates. They contend with their opposite views of the point of the program and their mutual crush on Colin, one of the popular crowd, which includes a group of pretty girls who hardly seem to need weight loss at all. The usual assortment of antics ensues, with the roommates betting on who will win the hunky boy's heart, temporarily blinding them both to the true benefits of their temporary home. Overuse of certain words, including "heavy" and "thick" to describe the Wellness Canyon campers, permeates the text, but Paley creates likable characters who are easy to relate to."Sarah Krygier, Solano County Library, Fairfield, CA"

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