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My Eyes Are Up Here Laura Zimmermann

My Eyes Are Up Here By Laura Zimmermann

My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann


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Summary

Insightful, frank, and funny, My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a teenage girl struggling to rediscover her sense of self in the year after her body decided to change all the rules.

My Eyes Are Up Here Summary

My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann

A "monomial" is a simple algebraic expression consisting of a single term. 30H, for example. fifteen-year-old Greer Walsh hasn't been fazed by basic algebra since fifth grade, but for the last year, 30H has felt like an unsolvable equation - one that's made her world a very small, very lonely place. 30H is her bra size - or it was the last time anyone checked. She stopped letting people get that close to her with a tape measure a while ago. Ever since everything changed the summer before ninth grade, Greer has felt out of control. She can't control her first impressions, the whispers that follow, or the stares that linger after. The best she can do is put on her faithful XXL sweatshirt and let her posture - and her expectations for other people - slump. But people - strangers and friends - seem strangely determined to remind her that life is not supposed to be this way. Despite carefully avoiding physical contact and anything tighter than a puffy coat, Greer finds an unexpected community on the volleyball squad, the team that hugs between every point and wears a uniform "so tight it can squeeze out tears." And then there's Jackson Oates, newly arrived at her school and maybe actually more interested in her banter than her breasts. Laura Zimmermann's debut is both laugh-out-loud funny and beautifully blunt, vulnerable and witty, heartbreaking and hopeful. And it will invite readers to look carefully at a girl who just wants to be seen for all she is.

My Eyes Are Up Here Reviews

"Charming, relatable and laugh-out-loud hilarious, My Eyes Are Up Here is a sparkling debut from my new favorite YA author, Laura Zimmermann. Her Greer Walsh is at once all of us and the most special of us. I wanted to hug her, give her a high five and sometimes throttle her, but I always, always rooted for her."-Erin Hahn, author of You'd Be Mine and More Than Maybe

"My Eyes Are Up Here
is not only a smart and honest book about body positivity. It's a funny and endearing read that will have you cheering for Greer Walsh, and celebrating the power of female friendship."-Deb Caletti, National Book Award finalist and Michael L. Printz Honor medalist

"[S]mart, insightful and often very funny [...] this novel perceptively explores the emotional toll experienced by teens who are self-conscious and feeling isolated about being different - and the liberation that comes with breaking free."-Buffalo News

"By turns hilarious, heartbreaking and totally, completely honest, perfect for those who liked recent novels like Frankly in Love."--Culturess.com

"Wise and wry... An original, feminist, and timely first choice title for all libraries."-SLJ, starred review

"Zimmerman's debut has a witty, unabashedly honest voice."-PW

"Zimmermann's debut is both insightful and humorous, owing to a bright and funny yet self-deprecating narrator matched with brief chapters that capture Greer's urgencies and insecurities. Girls who lament not having the perfect body will appreciate this novel, and girls who value their best friends will relate without hesitation. Rise up for girl power!" -Booklist

"Many girls will resonate with this story of trying to learn to love your body and be comfortable with the skin you're in. We are both so glad that this book exists and it brought about a lot of important, meaningful dialogue for us both. Highly recommended."-SLJ's Teen Librarian Toolbox

About Laura Zimmermann

Laura Zimmermann is a multiple-time champion of the Twin Cities Moth and Word Sprout story slams, and she was chosen to participate in the 2018 Listen To Your Mother storytelling show. She lives with her family in Minneapolis, MN. My Eyes Are Up Here is her first novel.

Additional information

GOR011012162
9781984815248
1984815245
My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann
Used - Like New
Hardback
Penguin Putnam Inc
2020-06-23
352
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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