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Do you ever get hungry?  Too hungry to eat?   Holly’s older sister, Giselle, is self-destructing. Haunted by her love-deprived relationship with her late father, this once strong role model and medical student, is gripped by anorexia. Holly, a track star, struggles to keep her own life in... read more

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Skinny is about two sisters, 22-year old medical student Giselle and 14-year old track star Holly. Giselle suffers from anorexia and the love-deprived relationship with her father, who has been dead for nine years and has always favoured Holly.

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Once, Dad stuck Hollly in a tree.

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Chapters 1-39

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  1. Ibi Kaslik (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: September 19, 2006
ISBN: 0802797385
Page Count: 265

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