Hole in the Middle

<p><b>''Dazzling!'' Kelly Link</b><br><br><b>''Fortmeyer''s humor, sweetness and focus on sexual and medical consent are winning'' </b><i><b>The New York Times</b></i><br><br>Morgan Stone was born with a hole in her middle. A perfectly smooth patch of <i>nothing</i> where a <i>something</i> should be. <br><br>After seventeen years of fear and shame, doctors and nurses, ''peculiar'' not ''perfect'', she has had enough of hiding. <br><br>One night, among a sea of bodies and lost in a moment of blissful abandon, she finally bares all. <br><br>A few photos uploaded to social media is all it takes to create a media frenzy. Overnight, Morgan becomes #holegirl. <br><br>And then she meets a boy who is <i>literally</i> her perfect match. They could be each other''s cure. But can he truly make her ''whole''? <br><br><b>Feisty, feminist and downright different, <i>Hole in the Middle</i> is the story of what happens when a girl who is anything but ''normal'' confronts a world obsessed with body image and celebrity. </b><br><br>''Kendra Fortmeyer''s debut is more heart than holes, creatively brilliant, wacky and wise. An author to watch!'' <i><b>Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, author of the Carnegie Medal-shortlisted The Smell of Other People''s Houses</b></i></p>