Anderson, Laurie Halse.
Summary: Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roca Editorial 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.3 FICTION ANDAnderson, Laurie Halse.
Summary: Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), Inc. 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ANDPierce, Bethany
Summary: As Olivia, a sixteen-year-old anorexic high school girl who is fixated on becoming the impossible perfection of airbrushed magazine models, encounters small-town prying and a small rental house, she escapes through her art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moody Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PIEAlene, Catherine
Summary: In an effort to get over her mother's death and the jealousy she feels for the new girl at school, Raesha concentrates on losing weight to make her performance at the upcoming high school rodeo competition the best it can be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALEPollen, Samuel
Summary: Fourteen-year-old Max records his efforts to control his anorexia in a therapist-prescribed journal that also chronicles his parents' difficult relationship and his feelings for a new girl at school, Evie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yellow Jacket 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC POLZgheib, Yara
Summary: Yara Zgheibs poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young womans struggle with anorexia on an intimate journey to reclaim her life. The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, but if she could just lose a little more weight, perhaps she would make the soloists list. Perhaps if she were lighter, danced better, tried...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ZGHZgheib, Yara
Summary: A French ballerina with self-perception challenges descends into anorexia when an injury sidelines her career, landing her in a support home for women with life-threatening eating disorders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ZGHDee, Barbara
Summary: During a class trip to DC, twelve-year-old Tally and her best friends, Sonnet and Caleb (a.k.a. Spider) are less than thrilled when they are assigned roommates and are paired with kids who are essentially their sworn enemies. For Tally, rooming with “clonegirl” Ava Seely feels like punishment, rather than potential for fun, but the trip is full of surprises. Despite a pact to stick together as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DEESchu, John
Summary: "Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books--the weird one, the outsider--and would do anything not to be that kid,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J FIC SCHChawner, Dave
Summary: "Looking at the day-to-day struggle of living with an eating disorder, Dave Chawner shares how he became anorexic, and how he has started to recover. This engaging and sharply funny book will give hope to anyone in a similar situation, and give insight into life with mental illness to those fortunate enough not to have it"--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAWNER, DAVE CHAGold, Hayley
Summary: Gold's memoir about disordered eating, chronic illness, and a profound relationship with hope.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Street Noise Books 2023