Skinny by Donna Cooner5/18/2023 Donna Cooner created the characters so that everyone who reads it can connect to them, and really feel what that character’s feeling. Still, as much pounds as she sheds, Skinny remains there, and before Ever can go after her dream, she has to address that voice in her head, and find her true voice. When Ever hears about the school musical, she really wants to audition so with help, Ever decides to withstand a risky surgery. Ever since her childhood, Ever has genuinely loved singing, and has a beautiful singing voice. Ever believes she knows what other people are thinking of her because Skinny has been whispering hateful thoughts into Ever’s head since Ever started gaining weight, after her mom died, when she turned ten. It also introduced a high school setting, where most of the book takes place. The first chapter introduced the main characters: Rat, Ever’s best friend, Skinny, the diabolical voice in Ever’s head, and Briella, Ever’ stepsister. After reading that one paragraph, I expeditiously started reading the book. It mentions that she weighs over three hundred pounds, and it explains what she has to go through daily, Skinny. Then, I read the back cover, and the first paragraph really caught my attention, “Skinny, the vicious voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old Ever Davies’s head”. When I first saw the book Skinny, by Donna Cooner, I automatically inferred that it would be about an insecure teenage girl.
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