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There's Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon

Sweetie Nair is overweight and her traditional Indian mom hates it.  She worries for Sweetie's health, but Sweetie is the fastest track runner on her school team and  thinks that she is perfect just the way she is. However, negative messages from guys, her mom, and society continue to affect Sweetie. She soon decides to start the Sassy Sweetie Project. She is going to secretly date Ashish Patel, a boy who her parents were going to set her up with - to prove to herself how amazing she is and that she is worthy of love, regardless of whether she is fat or not.  Ashish Patel is sad. He just broke up with his college girlfriend because she was cheating on him. And he still can't get over her after three months. Then, he meets Sweetie and falls hopelessly in love with her outgoing personality and incredible confidence. He knows he is meant to be with Sweetie and he definitely knows that there is nothing he wouldn't do not to hurt her, but Celia keeps texting him and that remin...