Katka Won’t Be Weird Anymore

An authentic coming-of-age story about finding one's own identity and the journey to self-acceptance

Almost fifteen-year-old Katka spends most of her time alone—and she loves reading. She also loves eating. Her classmates consider her a bit of an oddball. But Katka is sure that everything will be different at high school, and right after the entrance exams, she makes a resolution: she'll lose weight.

At first, it’s just an effort to adopt a healthier lifestyle but it slowly becomes apparent that the path to the “new me” she dreams of isn’t as simple as she imagined. Her desire for change begins to spiral out of control. High school does change everything—but in ways she didn’t expect.

This is an authentic coming-of-age story about adolescence, the search for identity and the journey toward self-acceptance. While anorexia plays a major role in Katka’s story, the heart of the novel—true to Petra Soukupová’s style—is the exploration of human relationships.

“I’m fat, I spend all my time reading, and I have no friends. But everything will change once I get to high school. First, I’ll lose weight. I won’t read all the time anymore. And I’ll make a friend. I won’t be weird anymore.”