With starry Texas nights red candy suckers and Dolly Parton songs Dumplin' is guaranteed to
steal your heart. Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed ?Dumplin'? by her former
beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate
bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American-beauty best friend Ellen by her
side things have always worked . . . until Will takes a job at Harpy's the local fast-food
joint. There she meets Private School Bo a hot former jock. Will isn't surprised to find
herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back. Instead of
finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo Will starts to doubt
herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can
imagine: entering the Miss Teen Blue Bonnet beauty pageant?along with several other unlikely
candidates?to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any girl does. Along
the way she'll shock the hell out of Clover City?and maybe herself most of all.
