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Dough Boyby Peter Marino
Overweight, fifteen-year-old Tristan, who lives happily with his divorced mother and her boyfriend Frank, suddenly finds that he must deal with intensified criticism about his weight and other aspects of his life when Frank's popular but troubled, nutrition-obsessed daughter moves in.
Insatiableby Eve Eliot
This incredible, imaginative story, written in episodic format, is based on real case histories about girls who binge, purge, and refuse to eat in an effort to try to gain some control over their lives.
Kim: Empty Insideby Beatrice Sparks
A true-life diary, this story follows Kim and offers a glimpse at her inner life that is dominated by the impulse to destroy herself with an eating disorder.
Perfectby Natasha Friend
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.
Skinny by Ibi Kaslik
Gritty and often wryly funny, "Skinny" explores family relationships, love, pain, and the hunger for acceptance that drives all of us.
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