![]() ![]() Callie’s punishment is she’s kicked off the dance team and must pay her debt to the business by working there for free. ![]() Millie is able to identify one person in the video - Callie - thanks to a one-of-a-kind necklace Callie was wearing. Millie’s uncle owns that business, and when she gets to work the next morning and finds the place trashed, she calls the police. When the dance team’s only sponsor pulls funding because the business is struggling, Callie and the team vandalize the business to get revenge. Callie is a member of the high school dance team, a team that wins championships but is financially neglected in favor of the always-losing football team. Yes, Callie, the “horrible human” who stole Willowdean’s best friend in Dumplin’. ![]() The chapters alternate between Millie Michaelchuck and Callie Reyes (though Callie’s chapters are always longer). Another fat girl and one of my favorite characters in Dumplin’, the focus is now Millie Michalchuck. However, Puddin’ takes place after the end of Dumplin’ and we’ve switched narrators. ![]() It was my impression that a companion novel is one in which we get the same time period from a different perspective. I’ve heard Puddin’ by Julie Murphy described as a companion novel to Dumplin’. ![]()
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