FAT.
High school senior Cookie Vonn’s postgraduation dreams include getting out of Phoenix, attending Parsons and becoming the next great fashion designer. But in the world of fashion, being fat is a cardinal sin. It doesn’t help that she’s constantly compared to her supermodel mother—and named after a dessert.
Thanks to her job at a fashion blog, Cookie scores a trip to New York to pitch her portfolio and appeal for a scholarship, but her plans are put on standby when she’s declared too fat to fly. Forced to turn to her BFF for cash, Cookie buys a second seat on the plane. She arrives in the city to find that she’s been replaced by the boss’s daughter, a girl who’s everything she’s not—ultrathin and superrich. Bowing to society’s pressure, she vows to lose weight, get out of the friend zone with her crush and put her life on track.
SKINNY.
Cookie expected sunshine and rainbows, but nothing about her new life is turning out like she planned. When the fashion designer of the moment offers her what she’s always wanted—an opportunity to live and study in New York—she finds herself in a world full of people more interested in putting women down than dressing them up. Her designs make waves, but her real dream of creating great clothes for people of all sizes seems to grow more distant by the day.
Will she realize that she’s always had the power to make her own dreams come true?
A third-generation native Arizonan, KELLY DEVOS can tell you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about cacti, cattle and climate. She holds a BA in creative writing from Arizona State University, and her work has been featured in Normal Noise and 202 Magazine. All proceeds from this book will be used on shoe subscription boxes and designer sunglasses. Follow Kelly on Twitter, @kdevosauthor.
Fat Girl on a Plane
is Kelly deVos’s first title
with Harlequin TEEN!
Fat Girl on a Plane
Kelly Devos
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Ebook Edition © June 2018 ISBN: 9781474084048
“Bold, unique, and completely original, Fat Girl on a Plane is unafraid to stand up and take action. A debut both spirited and inventive, much like its indomitable heroine.”
—Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of Firsts
“A savvy, smart, and funny book about embracing your body and taking control of your destiny.”
—Kathleen Glasgow, author of the New York Times bestselling novel Girl in Pieces
Contents
SKINNY: Day 738 of NutriNation
FAT: Two days before NutriNation
FAT: Two days before NutriNation (two seats take me to New York)
FAT: Two years before NutriNation
SKINNY: Day 738 and strange benefactors
FAT: Three years before NutriNation and fat camp sucks
SKINNY: Day 738 of NutriNation and there’s nothing to eat
FAT: One day before NutriNation
SKINNY: Day 739 of NutriNation
SKINNY: Days 739–740 of NutriNation