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Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A young woman in 1960's North Carolina resents the moonshining operation her family has conducted for generations, blaming it for her mother's death. When her father insists that moonshining is in her veins, Jessie devises a plan to destroy the stills. Her scheme escalates an old rivalry and reveals long-held grudges.
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Pu
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Transform your relationship with food, once and for all. Written by a family therapist and eating disorder specialist, this skills-based workbook will give you the tools you need to manage your emotions and find the comfort and sweetness you truly seek in life--without overeating! If you struggle with overeating, you are not alone. Studies show that millions of teens face problems with emotional eating, weight gain, and negative body image. However,...
23) You are enough
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This self-help guide for young readers delivers real talk about eating disorders and body image; tools and information for recovery; and suggestions for dealing with the media messages that contribute so much to disordered eating, written in a easy-to-understand, conversational way.
25) Hunger
Author
Series
Riders of the Apocalypse volume 1
Publisher
Graphia
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Lisabeth has anorexia, and even turning into Famine--one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse--cannot keep her from feeling fat and worthless.
Author
Series
True colors (Melody Carlson) volume 9
Publisher
TH1NK Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Originally trying to lose only a few pounds, seventeen-year-old Emily's weight loss spins out of control as she develops eating disorders until she decides that trusting in God and her friends can help her regain her health.
Author
Series
Publisher
ROAR, [an imprint of The Lion Forge, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A graphic memoir of eating disorders, abuse, and recovery. Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, listen to parental threats that she'd have to eat it for breakfast. But in any life, a set of circumstances can collide, and normal behavior can soon shade into something sinister, something deadly. Lighter Than My Shadow is a hand-drawn story of struggle and recovery, a trip...
28) Taking up space
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year old Sarah is used to being the star on her basketball team, playing with her best friends, but suddenly she finds that her body is changing and she does not understand why she cannot keep up on the court, plus she does not understand why her mother has gotten so weird about food, binging on candy while forgetting about dinner, and she really does not understand why she told Benny, her crush, about her mother--but when Benny offers to teach...
Author
Publisher
ReganBooks
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"[An] unusually honest, painfully funny novel about a tight-knit family's struggle." -Entertainment Weekly
"My parents may love me, but I also know they view me as a houseguest who is turning a weekend stay into an all-expense-paid, lifelong residency, and who (to their horror) constantly forgets to flush the toilet and shut off the lights."
Twenty-six-year-old Frannie Hunter has just moved back home. Bright, wry, blunt, and irreverent, she invites...
Author
Publisher
Future Horizons
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Is your child a "picky" eater or a full-fledged resistant eater? Does he or she eat only 3-20 foods, refusing all others? Eat from only one food group? Gag, tantrum, or become anxious if you introduce new foods? If so, you have a resistant eater. Learn the possible causes, when you need professional help, and how to deal with the behavior at home. Learn why "Don't play with your food!" and "Clean your plate!"-along with many other old saws-are just...
31) Someone to Love
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Constantly in the spotlight thanks to her politician father's rising star, Olivia Blakely feels the pressure to be perfect. As the youngest girl in her class, she tries hard to keep up and to seem mature to the older boy she's crushing on, even as she catches his eye. But the need to look good on camera and at school soon grows into an all-consuming struggle with bulimia.
Author
Series
Publisher
Boom! Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mindy is a young woman living with an eating disorder and trapped in a battle for her own self-worth. When she accidentally discovers something that will give her a chance to revist her past, she thinks she has a chance to put her life back on track. But will she be able to find a way back to her present and treat herself with love and kindness at any size?
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends.
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Those with eating disorders have an unhealthy relationship with the food they eat; the disorders are often connected to issues of fitness and body image. Dealing with Eating Disorders explores what these disorders are like, how they affect people's lives, and today's best treatment options"--
39) How I live now
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land. "Every war has turning points and every person too." Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her...
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