Puddin'

by Julie Murphy

Series: Dumplin' (2)

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Romance. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML: The irresistible companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller Dumplin', now a Netflix feature film starring Danielle Macdonald and Jennifer Aniston, and a soundtrack by Dolly Parton! Millie Michalchuk has gone to fat camp every year since she was a little girl. Not this year. This year she has new plans to chase her secret dream of being a newscaster�??and to kiss the boy she's crushing on. Callie Reyes is the pretty girl who is next in line for dance team captain and has the popular boyfriend. But when it comes to other girls, she's more frenemy than friend. When circumstances bring the girls together over the course of a semester, they surprise everyone (especially themselves) by realizing that they might have more in common than they ever imagined. A story about unexpected friendship, romance, and Texas-size girl power, this is another winner from Julie Murphy.… (more)

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This is a follow up to Dumplin' and chronicles the unlikely friendship of quirky fat girl Millie and Callie, a disgraced member of the dance squad.

It's fine but nothing remarkable. It has a nice message about being who you really want to be and not who you think other people want you to be.
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hmonkeyreads | Jan 25, 2024 |

This was SO MUCH FUN. I loved this more than DUMPLIN'. I loved the characters, I loved their interactions, I loved the high-stakes environments, I enjoyed the blooming relationships but LOVED that POSITIVE FEMALE FRIENDSHIPS were more important, I loved the ASEXUAL REP (very brief, very to the point, JUST WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO AT LEAST 1% OF CHARACTERS IN BOOKS), I loved the plot, I loved it all.

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ASEXUAL REP ASEXUAL REP ASEXUAL REP BEST ASEXUAL REP I'VE SEEN WOOOOOOOHOOOO (

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whakaora | Mar 5, 2023 |

I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to get to this series! LOVE LOVE LOVE! Amazing characters, believable angst and pages you just can’t stop turning. I loved Millie to death, and adore Julie Murphy for her skill in crafting characters who are diverse in so many ways and have quirky personalities all their own.

Callie, I’ll be honest, took a while to grow on me, and I thought the author did a fantastic job of writing the entitled, spoiled facets of her character authentically. The way she couldn’t see past me, me, me after vandalizing Millie’s family’s gym when they were already struggling and made it all about her all the time and how she needed her precious phone and to see her boyfriend and wasn’t even the least bit sorry for what she did because she felt the dance team was so entitled to be sponsored… let’s just say she was a great contrast for Millie and her kindness. I like the way Julie Murphy explored all the different ways you can feel isolated and “othered” in subtle ways. This had a lot of really powerful, positive messages and just fun writing. It was absolutely a page-turner and I ate up every bit!

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.
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tsmom1219 | Feb 24, 2022 |

Totally unrealistic but delightfully sweet. I wish I had friends like these girls when I was a teen. (

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SallyElizabethMurphy | Dec 7, 2021 |

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Romance. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:

The irresistible companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller Dumplin', now a Netflix feature film starring Danielle Macdonald and Jennifer Aniston, and a soundtrack by Dolly Parton!

Millie Michalchuk has gone to fat camp every year since she was a little girl. Not this year. This year she has new plans to chase her secret dream of being a newscaster�??and to kiss the boy she's crushing on.

Callie Reyes is the pretty girl who is next in line for dance team captain and has the popular boyfriend. But when it comes to other girls, she's more frenemy than friend.

When circumstances bring the girls together over the course of a semester, they surprise everyone (especially themselves) by realizing that they might have more in common than they ever imagined.

A story about unexpected friendship, romance, and Texas-size girl power, this is another winner from Julie Murphy.

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