{"product_id":"fat-chance-charlie-vega-9780823447176","title":"Fat Chance, Charlie Vega","description":"\u003cb\u003eComing of age as a Fat brown girl in a white Connecticut suburb is hard. Harder when your whole life is on fire, though. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD WINNER! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharlie Vega is a lot of things. Smart. Funny. Artistic. Ambitious. Fat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople sometimes have a problem with that last one. Especially her mom. Charlie wants a good relationship with her body, but it's hard, and her mom leaving a billion weight loss shakes on her dresser doesn't help. The world and everyone in it have ideas about what she should look like: thinner, lighter, slimmer-faced, straighter-haired. \u003ci\u003eBe smaller. Be whiter. Be quieter. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut there's one person who's always in Charlie's corner: her best friend Amelia. Slim. Popular. Athletic. Totally dope. So when Charlie starts a tentative relationship with cute classmate Brian, the first worthwhile guy to notice her, everything is perfect until she learns one thing--he asked Amelia out first. So is she his second choice or what? Does he even really see her? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause it's time people did. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sensitive, funny, and painfully honest coming-of-age story with a wry voice and tons of chisme, \u003ci\u003eFat Chance, Charlie Vega\u003c\/i\u003e tackles our relationships to our parents, our bodies, our cultures, and ourselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed to the TAYSHAS Reading List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA POPSUGAR Best New YA Novel!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan \u003c\/i\u003eBest New Book!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Bustle Most Anticipated Debut!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrystal Maldonado is a young adult author with a lot of feelings. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eFat Chance, Charlie Vega\u003c\/i\u003e, is a New England Book Award winner, a \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e Best New Book, and a POPSUGAR Best New YA Novel. Her next novel, \u003ci\u003eNo Filter and Other Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, explores teenage life in the social media age--and the lies we tell to ourselves and others. By day, Crystal works in higher ed marketing, and by night, is a writer who loves Beyoncé, shopping, spending too much time on her phone, and being extra. Her work has also been published in \u003ci\u003eLatina\u003c\/i\u003e, BuzzFeed, and the \u003ci\u003eHartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in western Massachusetts with her husband, daughter, and dog. Find her everywhere @crystalwrote or CrystalWrote.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649372426514,"sku":"9780823447176","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ac0f6096-5f76-4d94-bc9c-072844b6cc5a.jpg?v=1733262153","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fat-chance-charlie-vega-9780823447176","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}