Dumplin'

By Julie Murphy

Categories: Teen & Young Adult

Dumplin' (2015) by Julie Murphy is a young adult novel set in a small Texas town. Willowdean Dickson, who calls herself fat and is comfortable in her skin, is the daughter of a former beauty queen who runs the town's pageant. When a summer romance shakes her confidence, Will decides to enter the pageant herself, and a group of unlikely contestants joins her.

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