More Than a Number

It all started my sophomore year in high school, the summer I lost weight. I went from "not" to "hot" and landed on the in-crowd's radar. Now, I might snag the most popular guy at school and a prom queen nomination. All I have to do is lose more weight. Just one more pound and I'll be perfect. But my friend Jake tells me I want all the wrong things. He thinks I'm already perfect. Did I mention he was my best friend's brother? How about the fact that he's had a crush on me since we were kids? So, when I start spiraling in a deadly game of self-acceptance, it is Jake who's there to catch me when I fall. Can he be the one to pull me back from the edge? Or am I too far gone? Fans of emotional contemporary YA will fall in love with Souders' heart-wrenching novel. Like Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why and Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall, More Than a Number raises thought-provoking questions about love and acceptance, as well as the cost of beauty. *Previously titled Something of Substance*


Genre: Young Adult Fiction