400 pages | Paperback

Now in paperbackthe #1New York Timesbestseller and feel-good YA book of the year about self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson, the fearless, funny, and totally unforgettable heroine who takes on her small towns beauty pageant.

Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed Dumplin by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American-beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job at Harpys, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isnt surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.

Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Teen Blue Bonnet beauty pageantalong with several other unlikely candidatesto show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any girl does. Along the way, shell shock the hell out of Clover Cityand maybe herself most of all.