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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Two friends make a promise to their dying friend to face their deepest hopes and greatest fears by agreeing to stop waiting until they lose weight and start living now. As they begin to work on their list of things to do, they grow stronger and learn to embrace themselves just the way they are"--
Marley, Georgia, and Emerson met at fat camp as teens, and they never would have survived it without each other. They bonded against the disapproval of...
2) Sweethearts
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
After losing her soul mate, Cameron, when they were nine, Jennifer, now seventeen, transformed herself from the unpopular fat girl into the beautiful and popular Jenna, but Cameron's unexpected return dredges up memories that cause both social and emotional turmoil.
3) Elevation
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine The latest from legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting, extraordinarily eerie, and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together--a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences. Although Scott Carey doesn't look any different, he's been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Loretta Crawford's family's love of food shows all too clearly on her 280-pound frame, until one day her loser husband, Lyman, leaves her for another woman and Loretta realizes she's had enough. Down but determined, Loretta opts for weight loss surgery. As her size plummets, her horizons expand and the Houston catering business that was once her hobby begins to take off in earnest.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
8) The big deal
Author
Publisher
Sanford Health
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Damon is a great guy with a lot of friends, but he has one problem. Being overweight is making him feel sick. With the help of his friend JC, Damon learns how healthy eating and an active lifestyle can help him feel better and lose weight"--Cover. p. [4]
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Overweight thirteen-year-old Celeste begins a campaign to lose weight in order to make sure she does not win the Miss HuskeyPeach modeling challenge, in which her mother and aunt have entered her--against her wishes.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to lose those extra pounds in order to arrange a face-to-face meeting with the British hunk she met online and to win a big cash prize to pay for the slinky new clothes she yearns to wear, Kat Larson signs up to become a contestant on the new reality show, From Fat to Fabulous.
14) Thinner
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The "extraordinary" (booklist) novel of one man's quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomes ... nothing at all. this #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, "pulsates with evil ... it will have you on the edge of your seat" (publishers weekly)"--
15) One wish
Author
Publisher
Westside Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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