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Big Girl Small
by Rachel DeWoskin
Judy is a 16-year-old with an amazing singing voice who gets accepted to a prestigious performing arts school in Ann Arbor. She's also a dwarf - or as she prefers to be called, a little person. At three foot nine, Judy is used to being noticed, but when something terrible happens at her new school, she runs away and hides in a motel, hoping never to be seen again.
This book was kind of all over the place for me. I didn't like Judy's voice and didn't understand why anyone would want to be friends with such a brat. I hated that we were told she was an amazing writer, but that her writing talent wasn't reflected in the way she told her story, which was adequately told, but definitely nothing special... I think the 'foreshadowing' was too obvious, which made the big reveal kind of a let down. Still, it was an okay read which could make people more aware of the issues facing little people.
Side note: not sure why this was published as adult fiction, not teen. Maybe because they knew the teen voice would feel too adult to actual teens? Or the sex scenes, although they weren't really any more graphic than Looking for Alaska?
This book was kind of all over the place for me. I didn't like Judy's voice and didn't understand why anyone would want to be friends with such a brat. I hated that we were told she was an amazing writer, but that her writing talent wasn't reflected in the way she told her story, which was adequately told, but definitely nothing special... I think the 'foreshadowing' was too obvious, which made the big reveal kind of a let down. Still, it was an okay read which could make people more aware of the issues facing little people.
Side note: not sure why this was published as adult fiction, not teen. Maybe because they knew the teen voice would feel too adult to actual teens? Or the sex scenes, although they weren't really any more graphic than Looking for Alaska?