Catalog Search Results
1) Wintergirls
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When an eating disorder threatens the life of chef Dana Sue Sullivan's teenage daughter, she has no choice but to bring Annie's cheating dad back to Serenity, South Carolina. She tells herself and her friends it's all about Annie, but the sad truth is she has a boatload of unresolved feelings of her own for Ronnie Sullivan. From the moment Ronnie hits town, there's no question about his intentions. He's there for his daughter, to be sure, but he...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
Yara Zgheib's poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young woman's 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 harder, she would be good enough. Perhaps if she just ran...
8) Skin & bones
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack, who is sixteen and has anorexia, spends the summer in an eating disorder ward for teenagers and befriends both his overweight roommate and a dangerously thin dancer.
9) Running lean
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told from their separate viewpoints, Calvin Greenlee copes with grief over his brother's recent death by racing his vintage Yamaha on rural North Carolina streets while his girlfriend, Stacey Youngblood, battles anexoria, and their relationship may not survive the strain.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Sarah Jacob was the most famous of the Victorian fasting girls, who claimed to miraculously survive without food, serving as flashpoints between struggling religious, scientific, and political factions. In this novel based on Sarah's life and premature death from what may be the first documented case of anorexia, an American journalist, recovering from her husband's death in the Civil War, leaves her home and children behind to travel...
13) Looks
Author
Language
English
Description
Two high school girls, one an anorexic poet and the other an obese loner, form an unlikely friendship.
14) What I lost
Author
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Elizabeth is sent to the Wallingfield Psychiatric Facility's Residential Treatment Center, she encounters girls whose problems seem much greater than her own anorexia.
15) Skinny
Author
Language
English
Description
After the death of their father, two sisters struggle with various issues, including their family history, personal relationships, and an extreme eating disorder.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club. Original series volume 61
Language
English
Description
Jessi is one of several volunteers to help teach a ballet class for underprivileged children, where she gets to know Mary better. But Jessi begins to suspect that Mary's diet is causing her to lose too much weight, and she must weigh her friendship against the need to tell someone.
20) Skin
Author
Language
English
Description
When his parents decide to separate, eighth-grader Donnie watches with horror as the physical condition of his sixteen-year old sister, Karen, deteriorates due to an eating disorder.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase. Submit Request