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  1. Wintergirls

    by Laurie Halse Anderson

    “Dead girl walking,” the boys say in the halls. “Tell us your secret,” the girls whisper, one toilet to another. I am that girl. I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through. I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame.

    Lia and Cassie are best friends,... (learn more about this book)

  2. Fat Cat

    by Robin Brande

    You are what you eat. . . . Cat is smart, sassy, and funny—but thin, she’s not. Until her class science project. That’s when she winds up doing an experiment—on herself. Before she knows it, Cat is living—and eating—like the hominids, our earliest human ancestors. True, no chips or TV is a... (learn more about this book)

  3. Big Fat Manifesto

    by Susan Vaught

    Jamie is a senior in high school and, like so many kids in that year, doing too much—including trying to change the world—and fighting for her rights as a very fat girl. And not quietly: she's writing a column every week in the paper with her thoughts and fears and gripes. As her column raises... (learn more about this book)

  4. The Best Little Girl in the World

    by Steven Levenkron

    Teenager Francesca Deitrich feels too fat, giving into the pressures of her ballet teacher and the pencil-thin models in the media, in a revealing story about a ""perfect"" little girl suffering from the destructive obsession of anorexia nervosa. Reprint."

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  5. Skinny

    by Donna Cooner

    Find your voice. Hopeless. Freak. Elephant. Pitiful. These are the words of Skinny, the vicious voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old Ever Davies's head. Skinny tells Ever all the dark thoughts her classmates have about her. Ever knows she weighs over three hundred pounds, knows she'll... (learn more about this book)

  6. Body Drama

    by Nancy Amanda Redd

    “You’d think a Miss America swimsuit winner would feel completely confident about her body, right? Not always! So I decided to write the book I wish I’d had as a teen and in college— an honest, funny, practical, medically accurate, totally reassuring guide to how women’s bodies actually look,... (learn more about this book)

  7. Am I Thin Enough Yet?: The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity

    by Sharlene Hesse-Biber

    Whether they are rich or poor, tall or short, liberal or conservative, most young American women have one thing in common--they want to be thin. And they are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to get that way, even to the point of starving themselves. Why are America's women so preoccupied... (learn more about this book)

  8. The Moon in the Morning: A Fairytale with a New Twist

    by Rebecca Nebesar

    Set in the present, this richly illustrated allegorical novel is a coming of age tale in the digital age. Tapping into the power of creativity and the imagination the heroine, a 12-year-old girl named Jean, learns important lessons after her grandmother dies. She draws on all the arts and... (learn more about this book)

  9. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons Learned

    by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger

    This latest offering in the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul series explores a host of challenges faced by today's teens. Teen contributors share their thoughts and feelings on difficult issues, ranging from poor self-image to thoughts of suicide, from family discord to coping... (learn more about this book)

  10. Rosa's huis

    by Annie van Keymeulen

    Ze is jong, ze is brutaal, tegendraads en ze wil de liefde ontdekken. Er is echter een probleem: haar handicap.... (learn more about this book)

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