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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some drinking
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of body image, self-acceptance, and the courage to be visible
What this book is about
Willowdean 'Dumplin'' Dickson is the fat daughter of a former beauty queen, and she enters the local beauty pageant as an act of defiance — with several other unexpected entrants following her lead. Murphy's YA novel is warm, body-positive, and honest about the complexity of self-acceptance when you don't fit the mold.
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