Fifteen-year-old Virginia feels like a chubby, awkward outsider in her perfect family, especially next to her older brother Byron. She has a lot to deal with: her weight, her best friend moving away, the mean girls at school, not to mention a boy who seems to have a crush on her. To survive, she decides to follow the 'Code of Conduct for Fat Girls' to be acceptable and inconspicuous. It seems to work until something unimaginable happens and Virginia's flawless family begins to fall apart before her eyes. As her world unravels, Virginia realizes that breaking the code for fat girls might be the only way to come back. Carolyn Mackler's acclaimed book has been updated for a new audience and is just as relevant, funny, and full of heart as it was upon its original release fifteen years ago.