Summer Reading Assignment Entry One

I am reading the book The Earth, My Butt, and Other Round Things by Carolyn Mackler. The major characters are Virginia Shreves, Froggy Welsh the Fourth (her-boyfriend-but-not-so-boyfriend), Byron Shreves (her perfect brother), her mom (a workout junkie), Shannon Newman (her best friend that just moved to the other side of the country), and the Bri-girls (A.K.A. the populars). Virginia is and overweight sophomore in high school and cannot stand to be noticed. She goes to crazy measures to avoid people. She has just started a diet and its not going so well. She also feels like she's adopted. All of her family is skinny, beautiful and they all have promising futures. She feels her family would be perfect without her. Until one day a phone call changes her for forever. The probem is, dieting is hard and it's a real struggle especially when dealing with something involving your brother. She did well the first week or so, but the hunger was too much for her to bare. She ditched school, walked down the street in the pouring rain, and went to a movie theater. She pigged out on snacks, popcorn and soda and ended her healthy streak. I think her diet will continue but weekly binges will halt her progress. I also predict her and Froggy will get more serious. I even wonder if virginia will stert to self harm? She's definitely heard suicide stories and have thought about suicide before but she has never taken action against herself.