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Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed a��Americaa�TMs Fattest Teen.a�\x9d But no onea�TMs taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is. Following her moma�TMs death, shea�TMs been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now, Libbya�TMs ready: for high school, for new friends, for love, and for EVERY POSSIBILITY LIFE HAS TO OFFER. In that moment, I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. I want to be the girl who can do anything.
Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin, too. Yes, hea�TMs got swagger, but hea�TMs also mastered the impossible art of giving people what they want, of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: he cana�TMt recognize faces. Even his own brothers are strangers to him. Hea�TMs the guy who can re-engineer and rebuild anything in new and bad-ass ways, but he cana�TMt understand whata�TMs going on with the inner workings of his brain. So he tells himself to play it cool: Be charming. Be hilarious. Dona�TMt get too close to anyone.
Until he meets Libby. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game a�" which lands them in group counseling and community service a�" Libby and Jack are both pissed, and then surprised. Because the more time they spend together, the less alone they feel. . . . Because sometimes when you meet someone, it changes the world, theirs and yours.
Age Range: 14-17 | Grade Level: 9-12 | Lexile Measure: HL770L