Now a Netflix feature film, starring Jennifer Aniston, Danielle
Macdonald, and Dove Cameron, as well as a soundtrack from Dolly
Parton!
The #1 New York Times bestseller and feel-good YA of the year--about
Willowdean Dixon, the fearless, funny, and totally unforgettable heroine
who takes on her small town's beauty pageant.
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed "Dumplin'" by her
former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her
thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body.
With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things
have always worked . . . until Will takes a job at Harpy's, the local
fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock.
Will isn't surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is
surprised when he seems to like her back.
Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship
with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her
confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering
the Miss Clover City beauty pageant--along with several other unlikely
candidates--to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much
as any girl does.
Along the way, she'll shock the hell out of Clover City--and maybe
herself most of all.