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"  We&amp;#039;ve all had moments where we feel like the ugly duckling amongst our friends, but for 17-year-old Bianca Piper, this moment has yet to end. Compared to Bianca&amp;#039;s two bombshell BFFs, she thinks that not only is she the ugliest of her friends but that she&amp;#039;s also one of the only girls in school smart enough not to fall for the charms of the slimy school hottie, Wesley. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when Wesley nicknames her &amp;quot;Duffy,&amp;quot; she even goes so far as to throw a cherry Coke in his face! When things at home get to be too much for Bianca, she ends up kissing Wesley. And desperate for a distraction, she ends up in a super-secret enemies-with-benefits relationship with him. But her plan to keep on hating him goes horribly awry as she realizes that Wesley isn&amp;#039;t such a bad listener and that he can relate to everything she&amp;#039;s going through - it turns out that he&amp;#039;s pretty screwed up, too! Suddenly, Bianca realizes that she&amp;#039;s falling for the guy who not only labelled her a &amp;quot;DUFF,&amp;quot; but who she also hates more than anyone. This thoughtful and hilarious book from newcomer, Kody Keplinger, is the perfect YA debut. (And get this, Kody is only 18!) Approaching difficult-to-talk-about subjects like self esteem, labels and what it means to be sexy, Kody manages to find a refreshing slant and comes across as genuinely authentic. Available September 2010 both in stores and online, this novel is sure to resonate with everyone, whether or not you were in &amp;quot;the popular clique&amp;quot; in high school. After all, everyone feels like the &amp;quot;DUFF&amp;quot; sometimes. Have you ever felt less than gorgeous next to your beautiful BFFs? How did you deal with feeling insecure? Tell us in comments! More Summer Beach Reads!  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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