The Duff: Designated Ugly Fat Friend Kody Keplinger
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

I loved Kody's book, which was inspired by a joke among her friends. She hated him before he explained to her that within her trio of friends she was the DUFF (the Designated Ugly Fat Friend), she hates him more after. Bianca, the main character, is a high school Senior content with her life. Because, you see, guys can totally get laid by the hotter chicks if they're nice to the ugly friend, so how about it? She's also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. The DUFF – Designated Ugly Fat Friend. Hodder Children's Books ebook edition published in 2012. The Duff: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger September 7, 2010 [Add to GoodReads] [Buy the Book ]. The DUFF (otherwise known as The Designated Ugly Fat Friend) is story of a teenage girl written by Kody Keplinger. Until Wesley Rush the school manwhore comes up and flat out calls her "the duff"-- designated ugly fat friend. Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn't think she's the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. It's a coming-of-age story about a high school student who comes to the realization that she's the definition of a DUFF, a "designated ugly fat friend. McG will option the rights to Kody Keplinger's debut novel, The DUFF.