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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2018 | Young Adult
Gr 9 Up—On the heels of her success in the Miss Clover City pageant, Millie Michalchuk is determined to pursue her dream of broadcast journalism and not let her weight define her life. Callie Reyes is the pretty and popular queen bee who is better at having useful frenemies than actual friends. When Callie's revenge prank spirals out of control, it destroys the image that she's cultivated for herself and leaves her working side by side with Millie. As the girls g...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2018
Millie Michalchuk and Callie Reyes, Willowdean's classmates from Dumplin' (rev. 11/15), alternate narrating this similarly girl-powered follow-up. Instead of resigning herself to another summer at "fat camp," Millie is trying to work up the courage to apply to a prestigious broadcast journalism program at the University of Texas at Austin. In the meantime, she works at the boxing gym owned by her aunt and uncle and thinks about kissing her crush. Callie wants to make it to Nationals with Clov...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
