Printz Honor Book Award, and the novel in verse was selected for 37 state award/book lists. With this support buoying her, Ellie might finally be able to cast aside the Fat Girl Rules and starfish in real life-by unapologetically being her own fabulous self. With her debut middle-grade novel, Starfish, Lisa Fipps won 13 awards, including the 2022 Michael L. Her mother wants her to get weight-loss surgery. Ellie has been bullied most of her life because of her weight, not only by peers, but also by her most of her family. Fortunately, Ellie has allies in her dad, her therapist, and her new neighbor, Catalina, who loves Ellie for who she is. Lisa Fipps' book is beautiful, but also heart-breaking, especially because many of the things that happened to Ellie happened to the author. It's also where she can get away from her pushy mom, who thinks criticizing Ellie's weight will motivate her to diet. In the water, she can stretch herself out like a starfish and take up all the room she wants. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules-like "no making waves," "avoid eating in public," and "don't move so fast that your body jiggles." And she's found her safe space-her swimming pool-where she feels weightless in a fat-obsessed world.
Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this poignant debut novel-in-verse.Įver since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her weight.
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