ashleylillis 's review for:

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

4.0

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In the small Texas town of Clover City, the Miss Teen Bluebonnet Pageant is the highlight of the year and literally every single girl is dying for the opportunity to compete and win the pageant. Well every girl but Willowdean, which is ironic because her mother hosts the pageant every year and is one of its biggest supporters. The idea of entering the pageant has never crossed Willowdean’s mind as she’s a big girl, but when life is taking her on some unexpected turns, she decides to enter the pageant to prove a point.

This was such a wonderful book! It was about so many different things, like learning to love yourself and being confident, no matter how difficult it might be. It was also about love, not only romance love, but friendship love and mother daughter love as well. I can’t believe that it took me so long to read this one and I can’t wait to watch the movie on Netflix!