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I’ll Be the One

Lyla Lee

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The world of K-Pop has never met a star like this. Debut author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun, thoughtful rom-com celebrating confidence and body positivity—perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Julie Murphy.

Skye Shin has heard it all. Fat girls shouldn’t dance. Wear bright colors. Shouldn’t call attention to themselves. But Skye dreams of joining the glittering world of K-Pop, and to do that, she’s about to break all the rules that society, the media, and even her own mother, have set for girls like her.

She’ll challenge thousands of other performers in an internationally televised competition looking for the next K-pop star, and she’ll do it better than anyone else.

When Skye nails her audition, she’s immediately swept into a whirlwind of countless practices, shocking performances, and the drama that comes with reality TV. What she doesn’t count on are the highly fat-phobic beauty standards of the Korean pop entertainment industry, her sudden media fame and scrutiny, or the sparks that soon fly with her fellow competitor, Henry Cho.

But Skye has her sights on becoming the world’s first plus-sized K-pop star, and that means winning the competition—without losing herself.

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Fat Liberation Month: YA & MG

Anti-fatness is ingrained in the way we think about bodies, but it doesn’t have to be. Books for young readers that feature characters with a variety of bodies are important not just for kids and adolescents to feel seen in the media they consume, but so they can appreciate diversity instead of mocking or repudiating it. If you want to add more body neutral content to the shelves of young readers in your life, start here! #FatLiberationMonth is the perfect time to pick up these titles.

YA & MG: 📚 The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall 📚 Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram 📚 The Fall of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonado 📚 I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee 📚 No Boy Summer by Amy Spalding 📚 The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow 📚 The Immeasurable Depth of You by Maria Ingrande Mora 📚 Every Body Shines edited by Cassandra Newbould 📚 Camp Sylvania by Julie Murphy

Picture Books: 📚 A Kids Book About Body Image by Rebecca Alexander 📚 Big by Vashti Harrison 📚 Your Body Is Awesome by Sigrun Danielsdottir and Bjork Bjarkadottir 📚 Everybody Has a Body by Molli Jackson Ehlert and Lorian Tu

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