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Realistic fiction for teens

Stories about teens dealing with problems.

This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Reference and Information Services Staff, 3/07 

Body image and eating disorders

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book jacketDiary of an anorexic girl by Morgan Menzie(2003)A young girl keeps a diary recording her struggles with anorexia.

book jacketGirls under pressure by Jacqueline Wilson(2003)Book 2 in the Girls Quartet series.
Ellie learns to deal with her self-image as she battles anorexia.

book jacketThe grooming of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor(2000)During the summer between eighth and ninth grades, Alice and her friends Pamela and Elizabeth decide to improve themselves through exercise.

book jacketI am an artichoke by Lucy Frank(1995)Working as a mother's helper in New York City, fifteen-year-old Sarah finds herself caught in the middle of a troubled relationship between an eccentric writer and her anorexic daughter.

book jacketKeeping the moon by Sarah Dessen(1999)Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of self.

book jacketLife in the fat lane by Cherie Bennett(1998)Sixteen-year-old Lara, winner of beauty pageants and Homecoming Queen, is distressed and bewildered when she starts gaining weight and becomes a fat girl.

book jacketMates, dates, and chocolate cheats by Cathy Hopkins(2006)Izzie has gained eight pounds since Christmas and is worried about how she looks. She starts to doubt her friends and herself, even though she has been selected for a TV teen panel, and a cute boy at the TV studio seems to like her just the way she is.

book jacketMore than you can chew by Marnelle Tokio(2003)More Than You Can Chew is a novel about an anorexic teenager who struggles to regain her mental health.

book jacketPerfect by Natasha Friend(2004)Following the death of her father, a thirteen-year-old uses bulimia as a way to avoid her mother's and ten-year-old sister's grief, as well as her own.

book jacketStaying fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher(1993)The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help.

book jacketWhen Zachary Beaver came to town by Kimberly Willis Holt(2001)During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world.

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