StarfishA PRINTZ HONOR BOOK Ellie is tired of being fat shamed and does something about it in this poignant novel in verse. In her debut novel, Starfish, Lisa Fipps confronts diet culture and fat phobia head on. . . . The book reads as if Ellie herself is writing these poems, which are accessible and engaging.The New York Times Book Review Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her

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she knows she can immortalize herself with a state record and make her parents proud

she desperately needs a break

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Hidden dangers await them down the narrow alleyways of the Silver City

risking her very soul

And bring her back to where she belongs

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His kind of salvation wasn't the freedom I'd been hoping for

I turned my head to follow the voice and the air got caught in my throat when I saw him

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