Holding Up the Universe Review
A Brief Description of the Book: This story centers around two teens: Libby Strout and Jack Masselin Libby Strout, was formally known as America's Fattest Teen and has spent most of her young teenage life getting healthy. She has gone from weighing 600 pounds to a little over 300 pounds.Libby knows she's nowhere near thin, but she's happy with the way she is.No one has ever looked past Libby's weight to get to know who she really is.All they see is her weight and who she used to be. Libby struggles with her grief after the death of her mother. However, she is ready to start afresh and stop home-schooling and go to high school. Jack Masselin is popular, has a pretty girlfriend and a lot of friends in addition to the mysterious 'too-cool-for-school' persona. He's funny, charming and cool. However, he struggles every day, every moment of his life. Jack has a secret that NO ONE knows: he has prosopagnosia which means he can't remember or recognize ...