Stories about teens dealing with problems.
This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Reference and Information Services Staff, 3/07
Diary of an anorexic girl(2003)A young girl keeps a diary recording her struggles with anorexia.
Girls under pressure(2003)Book 2 in the Girls Quartet series.
Ellie learns to deal with her self-image as she battles anorexia.
The grooming of Alice(2000)During the summer between eighth and ninth grades, Alice and her friends Pamela and Elizabeth decide to improve themselves through exercise.
I am an artichoke(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.
Keeping the moon(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.
Life in the fat lane(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.
Mates, dates, and chocolate cheats(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.
More than you can chew(2003)More Than You Can Chew is a novel about an anorexic teenager who struggles to regain her mental health.
Perfect(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.
Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes(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.
When Zachary Beaver came to town(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.