Big mouth and ugly girl is one of the most tremendous young adults books i have read in a while there are two different types of main characters their is ursula riggsugly girl and matt donaghy big mouththey have totally completely different personalitys . Big mouth ugly girl is joyce carol oatess first young adult novel it was published in 2002 by harpercollins this article about a young adult novel of the 2000s is a stub you can help wikipedia by expanding it see guidelines for writing about novels further suggestions . Matt has a big mouth and ursula is considered an ugly girl whos strong tall and athletic theyre not friends and dont really have anything in common but the two of them come together during a time of difficulty for matt. Big mouth and ugly girl is a foray into teen fiction by prolific adult writer joyce carol oates big mouth is matt who is accused of threatening to blow up his high school ugly girl is ursula a loner and star of the girls basketball team who doesnt feel at home in her skin. Ursula who is a top student decides to become ugly girl big roughly dressed and definitely defiant no one messes with big ursula because she doesnt care what others think of her and she definitely does not put up with anyone and that includes teachers big mouth ugly girl is available for purchase on amazoncom