YA contemporary – Reading While Fat

But I Hate Him

But I Hate Him (publication day August 25, 2026) by Page Powars, is the story of Rory, a trans teenager who competes in the top echelons of science competitions in NYC, and is the face of his parents’ tutoring company, The Prince List, and Luca, the boy who always seems to win when they’re inContinue reading “But I Hate Him”

The Companion

The Companion (2020) by Katie Alender was a creepy weight-neutral YA thriller/ horror that beautifully walked the line between–is this supernatural horror or plain old human cruelty? Margot is a teenager living in a group home because she’s the only survivor of a terrible car crash that killed her entire family–both parents and two youngerContinue reading “The Companion”