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Fat Chance

by Margaret Clark · 1996

Fat Chance Series series

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Can you become 'The Face' when you look like a pregnant rhinoceros? Lisa wants to know. Can you snatch a modelling contract when you're fourteen and a social outcast, with a mother who pumps donuts, hot dogs and chilli pancakes into you like there's no tomorrow? FAT CHANCE!

Genre
romanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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