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Size 12 is not<\/em> fat. \u00a0I believe this to be true, as does Heather Wells\u2014former teen pop idol\u2014in Size 12 is Not Fat<\/em> by Meg Cabot.\u00a0 The Meg Cabot who wrote The Princess Diaries<\/em>? \u00a0Yes, that Meg Cabot. \u00a0It may seem as if Cabot is making a giant leap here, venturing from a YA series about modern princesses and the like to an adult series about a former pop star turned crime solving residence hall assistant.\u00a0 Okay, maybe it\u2019s not that giant<\/em> a leap, but Size 12<\/em> is successful in bridging the gap between YA and, well, A.<\/p>\n After her mother runs off with her money and her manager, and her fellow famous pop heartthrob fianc\u00e9 cheats on her, Heather Wells is forced to make her own way in the world. \u00a0Fortunately Jordan, her now ex-fianc\u00e9, has a \u201cblack sheep\u201d brother willing to take her on as a roommate in his (inherited) Manhattan brownstone\u2014that is, in exchange for doing his \u201cbooks.\u201d\u00a0 Cooper, true to \u201cblack sheep\u201d form, is a licensed private investigator and an organizational disaster.<\/p>\n Though no one can believe it, Heather is truly happy with her new life. \u00a0She loves Cooper\u2026 rather, her living situation with Cooper.\u00a0 Obviously she can\u2019t<\/em> be in love<\/em> with her ex-fianc\u00e9\u2019s brother. \u00a0And she loves her job at the residence hall\u2014even when a girl is found dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft\u2014a mystery she is determined to solve with or without anyone else\u2019s help.\u00a0 She will not<\/em> have students dying on her watch!<\/p>\n Size 12<\/em> is a fun ride with a fun heroine, while also teaching us a valuable lesson\u2014that you can<\/em> start over. \u00a0And that there are more important things in life than what size you wear or how famous you are —\u00a0things like the ability to think for yourself and stand on your own two feet —\u00a0lessons important for all women, YA and A alike, to learn, and to take to heart.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Size 12 is not fat. \u00a0I believe this to be true, as does Heather Wells\u2014former teen pop idol\u2014in Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot.\u00a0 The Meg Cabot who wrote The Princess Diaries? \u00a0Yes, that Meg Cabot. \u00a0It may seem as if Cabot is making a giant leap here, venturing from a YA series … Continue reading Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,6,54],"tags":[61,35],"class_list":["post-2691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-books-for-young-adults","category-reviewed-by-anne","tag-meg-cabot","tag-mystery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}