Kathi Appelt, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Honor “Resounding…with wit, compassion, and courage, Skinny will speak to everyone who has ever felt invisible or unlovable.” I really enjoyed this read and I think that it approaches a serious issue that plagues many people and makes it easier to understand. But Skinny is relentless, and no amount of fairy dust, evening balls, or Prince charmings will quiet her down, only Ever can make Skinny stop. But how does Ever know if all of this attention is genuine? Or has Ever's self-esteem been so low that she closed herself off to others long ago? All Ever wants is to be herself - a girl who has an incredible singing voice and who wants to be seen for who she is, not what she weighs. As the pounds drop off, Ever starts to catch the eyes of everyone who overlooked her in the past. He has been with her since childhood and is a constant comfort to her. But Ever pushes forward with the help of her best friend Rat. Even after Ever goes through risky by-pass surgery, Skinny is still whispering in her ear that Ever is still fat and repulsive. Skinny tells her how fat she is, how ugly, how repulsive and how everyone just feels sorry for her. As she struggles through each day at home and at school, there is a little voice inside her head that lets her know exactly what everyone thinks of her. She has tried all the diets known to mankind and has failed at all of them. Unlike Cinderella, Ever is not a size zero. Like Cinderella, she lost a parent and she has a stepmother and two stepsisters. I wouldn't call it a re-telling or a twist on a classic - it was simply used as a framework for the story of an overweight teen girl who could only listen to the bullying voice inside her head - a girl named Skinny. "I thought that this book took a well known fairy tale (Cinderella) and brilliantly wove it into a story about self-esteem, body image, and rising above being your own worst enemy. And Ever will have to confront that voice before she can truly find her own. But demons, she finds, are not so easy to shake, not even as she sheds pounds. With the support of her best friend, Ever begins the uphill battle toward change. Partly in the hopes of trying out for the school musical - and partly to try and save her own life - Ever decides to undergo a risky surgery that may help her lose weight and start over. But there is another voice: Ever's singing voice, which is beautiful but has been silenced by Skinny. Ever knows she weighs over three hundred pounds, knows she'll probably never be loved, and Skinny makes sure she never forgets it. Skinny tells Ever all the dark thoughts her classmates have about her. These are the words of Skinny, the vicious voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old Ever Davies's head. A remarkable new voice in YA fiction that's perfect for audio.įORMAT: UNABRIDGED 5 CDsHopeless.
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