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Every Body Shines by Cassandra Newbould

Every Body Shines

Sixteen Stories About Living Fabulously Fat

Cassandra Newbould

Bloomsbury USA · Print & ebook · June 8, 2021

An intersectional, feminist YA anthology from some of today's most exciting voices across a span of genres, all celebrating body diversity and fat acceptance through short stories.

YA LGBTQ+Eating Disorders & Body Image for TeensYA Short StoriesYoung Adult
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Who it’s for
A contemporary story collection with body-image, identity, and belief threads, easy to dip into or read.
Genres
YA Short Stories, Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens, YA LGBTQ+
Published
Bloomsbury USA, June 8, 2021

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About this book

An intersectional, feminist YA anthology from some of today's most exciting voices across a span of genres, all celebrating body diversity and fat acceptance through short stories. A Junior Library Guild Selection Fat girls and boys and nonbinary teens are: friends who lift each other up, heroes who rescue themselves, big bodies in space, intellects taking up space, and bodies looking and feeling beautiful.

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They express themselves through fashion, sports and other physical pursuits, through food, and music, and art. They are flirting and falling in love. They are loving to themselves and one another. With stories that feature fat main characters starring in a multitude of settings, and written by authors who live these lives too, this is truly a unique collection that shows fat young people the representation they deserve. With a foreword by Aubrey Gordon, creator of Your Fat Friend, and with stories by: Nafiza Azad, Chris Baron, Sheena Boekweg, Linda Camacho, Kelly deVos, Alex Gino, Claire Kann, amanda lovelace, Hillary Monahan, Cassandra Newbould, Francina Simone, Rebecca Sky, Monique Gray Smith, Renée Watson, Catherine Adel West, Jennifer Yen

Why It Lands

A contemporary story collection with body-image, identity, and belief threads, easy to dip into or read.

Come here for

  • short-story variety
  • body-image and identity angles

Expect

  • teen-centered voices
  • a mix of romance, reflection, and everyday life

Where it sits

YA LGBTQ+73%
YA Short Stories71%
Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens57%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Coming of Age
  • YA Stories About Girls & Women
  • Finding Your Footing
Authors
Cassandra Newbould
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Published
June 8, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Coming of Age