Big hassle for Charlie Vega

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Charlie Vega can be described in many ways: smart, funny, artistic, ambitious, fat... Yet some people have a problem with that last word, especially his mother! As far as she is concerned, Charlie would simply like to have a healthy relationship with her own body. But what do you do when the whole world has an opinion on the physique you should have? Thinner, lighter, smaller, whiter, calmer, smoother hair, the list never ends! Fortunately, there is one person who is always on his side: Amelia, his best friend. And when Charlie tries to date Brian, her hot classmate (and the first guy in the world to notice her), everything finally seems perfect. Little did she know, however, that he had asked the lean, athletic, and popular Amelia out on a date first. Should she understand that she is only a consolation prize for him? Does he have any interest in her? If not, it is unacceptable! It really is time for the world to see her, Charlie Vega!

With a writing full of humor and irony, Crystal Maldonado delivers a sensitive, funny and painful story about the transition to adulthood. Through the character of Charlie, she explores the relationship between a fat teenager and her own body.