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Teen Issues - When the Mirror Lies
Annotation:Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the disorder. (278 p. Gr 8-12)
Place a Hold
Annotation:Carmen feels the stress of dealing with an anorexic mother when they relocate to the city. (261 p. Gr 7-12)
Annotation:Pushing to get thinner by opening night, Wrenn's waistline shrinks as she learns the wrong ways to lose weight from a new friend. (312 p. Gr 9-12)
Annotation:After an accident seems to end his college and athletic dreams, Ted is offered a second chance if he agrees to spy on a classmate and help her dad monitor her bulimia. (228 p. Gr 10-12)
Annotation:Artistically talented Meg records her feelings in a blog--accessible only to her three closes friends--as she tries to attract a boyfriend and deal with her beautiful but troubled half-sister. (226 p. Gr 7-12)
Annotation:Despite being popular, attractive, and bound for and Ivy League college, Parker sees himself as a fat, unattractive failure and find relief in binging and purging. (232 p. Gr 9-12)
Annotation:Two girls, one an anorexic poet and the other an obese loner, form an unlikely friendship. (240 p. Gr 8-12)
Annotation:Lisabeth has anorexia and even turning into Famine--one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse--cannot keep her from feeling fat and worthless. (177 p. Gr 8-12)
Annotation:Transformed by cosmetic surgery into a beauty following a car accident, formerly unattractive Megan feels a bit overwhelmed as she returns to her performing arts high school and competes with her popular and naturally gorgeous sister for the lead in a student production written by Megan's secret love. (356 p. Gr 9-12)
Annotation:When her parents check Janie into Golden Slopes to help her recover from her bulimia, she discovers that she must talk about things she has admitted to no one, not even herself. (234 p. Gr 8-12)
Annotation:Korean-American high school student Joyce Kim feels ugly compared to her beautiful sister and, when her aunt offers to pay for plastic surgery on her eyes, she jumps at the chance thinking it will change her life for the better. (288 p. Gr 8-12)
Annotation:When two best friends leave New Jersey, one for tennis camp in Florida and one for ballet camp in New York, each faces challenges that put her dreams to the test. (344 p. Gr 7-10)
Annotation:After the death of their father, two sisters struggle with various issues, including their family history, personal relationships, and an extreme eating disorder. (244 p. Gr 9-12)
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Books about anorexia, bulimia, cosmetic surgery, and other body image issues.
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