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No one takes the time to look past Libby Strout's weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom's death she picks up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now she's ready for high school, for new friends, for love-- for everything life has to offer. Jack Masselin's got swagger, he's mastered the impossible art of fitting in, and he has a newly acquired secret: he can't recognize faces. So he tries to never get too close to anyone. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game that which lands them in group counseling and community service, they make a connection. Will it be enough to change their worlds?
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Holding Up the Universe, Jennifer Niven
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- Released
- 2018
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jennifer Niven
- Publisher
- THORNDIKE PR
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 646
- ISBN10
- 1432851322
- ISBN13
- 9781432851323
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Humor, Love, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Friendship, Contemporary Romance, School, Death, Realistic Fiction, Life, Mental Health, Girls, Young Adult Romance, Diseases, Mourning, High School, Bullying, Searching for Oneself, Teenagers, Overweight, Obesity, Prosopagnosia
- First published
- 2016
- Original title
- Holding Up the Universe
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- No one takes the time to look past Libby Strout's weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom's death she picks up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now she's ready for high school, for new friends, for love-- for everything life has to offer. Jack Masselin's got swagger, he's mastered the impossible art of fitting in, and he has a newly acquired secret: he can't recognize faces. So he tries to never get too close to anyone. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game that which lands them in group counseling and community service, they make a connection. Will it be enough to change their worlds?