The DUFF (novel)

In 2010 Kody Keplinger published a novel, The DUFF, about a teenage girl who is shocked to be informed she is the "Designated Ugly Fat Friend" of her friend group.^[1] Remarkably, Keplinger wrote this novel when she herself was a teenage high school student.

References

↑ Eliza Berman (2014-11-19). "A new take on the She's All That nerd-to-hot story". Time magazine. Archived from the original on 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2026-10-25. But that’s exactly what she is as Bianca in The DUFF, a teen comedy slated for 2015 based on Kody Keplinger’s novel by the same name. A 'DUFF,' or Designated Ugly Fat Friend, is the least attractive person in her friend group. And Bianca doesn’t want to be a DUFF. She wants to be dateable.

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[TimeMagazine-2014-11-19-1] Eliza Berman (2014-11-19). "A new take on the She's All That nerd-to-hot story". Time magazine. Archived from the original on 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2026-10-25. But that’s exactly what she is as Bianca in The DUFF, a teen comedy slated for 2015 based on Kody Keplinger’s novel by the same name. A 'DUFF,' or Designated Ugly Fat Friend, is the least attractive person in her friend group. And Bianca doesn’t want to be a DUFF. She wants to be dateable.

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