When Ellie’s new school year starts with her best friend moving away and a therapist coming into her life, she doesn’t see how it could be much worse.
As Fipps points out in her author’s note, while Ellie’s story may be fictional, it is rooted in the real bullying that so many fat kids have experienced in their daily lives. Ellie’s not ashamed of being fat, she is abhorred by how people treat her because she is fat-and the reader will be too. STARFISH is a novel in verse about Ellie-and saying her name is very important, because most people in her life call her Splash or Whale.
Perfect for the moment we are living in, but resonating with anyone who has ever been told how different or imperfect they were, STARFISH guts you. Hearts will be broken, tears will be shed, and lives will be changed through Lisa Fipps’ incredible novel in verse, STARFISH.
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