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Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Tucker needs to come up with a winning science fair project in a hurry, so he uses his fat friend Angelo as an experimental subject and in the process learns about more than just science.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Overweight high school senior Bo decides to change her image while working on the school play with a former star football player who is also struggling to find a new identity for himself.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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.
Author
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.
6) Big pink pig
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
After trying to change his appearance by working out at the gym and taking up running, Pig comes to the realization that he looks good just the way he is.
7) Fat chance
Author
Publisher
PaperStar Books
Pub. Date
[1996] c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In a series of diary entries, thirteen-year-old Judi recounts her struggles to lose weight, hide her bulimia from her mother, find a boy friend, and decide on a profession.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Colie was overweight until she lost more than 40 pounds. Yet she still carries with her the memories of the torment she experienced from peers. When her mother, a successful aerobics guru, takes her fat-fighting program to Europe for the summer, Colie goes to live with her eccentric and wise Aunt Mira in Colby, North Carolina. There, she befriends smart 20-something waitresses Isabel and Morgan, who help her land a job at the local...
9) Skinny
Author
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After undergoing gastric-bypass surgery, a self-loathing, obese teenaged girl loses weight and makes the brave decision to start participating in high school life, including pursuing her dream of becoming a singer and finding love.
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