Misfit
By (Author) Charli Howard
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Penguin Books Ltd
5th February 2019
3rd January 2019
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
746.92092
Paperback
272
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 17mm
191g
'A beautiful and brave book' (Emma Gannon) that'll relate to any young girl on a journey to loving themselves. 'Hilarious and a timely look at women and our bodies' Juno Dawson 'Honest, rebellious and completely refreshing' Fearne Cotton Charli Howard grew up thinking that she wasn't good enough. She wasn't pretty enough. She wasn't rich enough. She wasn't thin enough. Fitting in wasn't exactly easy. Looking at the smiling girls in magazines, she came to the obvious conclusion- to be accepted, she has to be 'perfect'. She had to be a model. But what magazines don't tell you is that you can't Photoshop your problems away, and they can Photoshop a lot. So, when you're the thinnest you've ever been, your agency fires you, and you're battling anxiety and an eating disorder to boot, how do you get through it You get angry, go viral and discover that, after all that, you're not alone. At least that's what Charli did.
A thoughtful, honest and articulate voice for teenage girls
Charli Howard is a model and body positivity ambassador. When she was fired for her size by her modelling agency, she wrote a powerful letter to her agents which went viral, and has used that platform to create The All Woman Project, a charity which goes into schools to educate about body image and mental health issues.