TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haywood,Sarah
TI  - The cactus
SN  - 9780778369073 [paperback]
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Canada : 
PB  - Park Row Books ; 
KW  - Single women
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Asperger's syndrome
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Death
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Motherhood
KW  - Life change events
N1  - Adult
N2  - "Fifteen-year-old Virginia feels like a plus-sized black sheep in her family, especially next to her perfect big brother Byron. Not to mention her best friend has moved, leaving Virginia to navigate an awkward relationship with a boy alone. He might like her now . . . but she has her doubts about how he'll react if he ever looks under all her layers of clothes." --Provided by the publisher 

In order to survive, Virginia decides to follow a “Fat Girl Code of Conduct,” which works, until the unthinkable causes her family's façade to crumble. As her world spins out of orbit, she realizes that being true to herself might be the only way back.

Told in a perfect blend of humor and heart, this acclaimed Printz Honor winner resonates as much today as it did when it first published, and now features a new author foreword, text updates, and other bonus content."--Provided by the publisher
ER  -