![]() Both because I was called these things and because, at other times, I just convinced myself it was true. Sometimes there are multiple labels-I’ve felt like the “Duff” so many times, but on top of that I’ve felt like the “party pooper” or the “drama queen,” too. ![]() I have never met a girl who didn’t feel labeled as something, even if the label was only in her head. ![]() Keplinger’s youth piqued our interest in this much buzzed-about teen novel, but the quality of her writing compelled us to keep reading and ask the author a few questions.īianca eventually comes to the realization that every girl feels like a “label” at some point: prude, tease, ditz, Duff, etc. (She is now a 19-year-old student at Ithaca College.) No wonder, considering she wrote The Duff when she was 17 years old. She also has a knack for writing in an authentic teen voice. ![]() But in a moment of lapsed judgment, Bianca kisses Wesley, and then the two start surreptitiously hooking up-an escape for Bianca from conflict at home.Īlthough The Duff contains steamy scenes and a love triangle sure to keep the pages turning, author Kody Keplinger addresses more serious themes, too: body image, alcoholism and the sacrifices of friendship. For those who don’t spend much time around high schoolers, “Duff” is short for “designated ugly fat friend”-what über-hot Wesley Rush calls Bianca Piper as compared to her two beautiful best friends. ![]()
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