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Sweet magnolias volume 2
Language
English
Description
When her teenage daughter ends up in the hospital after starving herself, chef Dana Sue must embrace the power of forgiveness when her cheating husband, whom she kicked out, returns home to help her deal with their self-destructive child.
2) Yolk
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Language
English
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Struggling with emotional problems and an eating disorder, Jayne, a Korean American college student living in New York City, is estranged from her accomplished older sister June, until June gets cancer.
3) Horrid
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Following her father's sudden death, Jane North-Robinson and her mother are forced to move to the old North house in Maine, where Jane uncovers her family's disturbing secrets.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Jake volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people. He likes skating and singing, playing Bingo and Name That Tune, and reading mysteries and comics aloud to his teachers. He also likes avoiding people his own age . . . and the cruelty of mirrors . . . and food. Jake has read about kids like him in books--the weird one, the outsider--and would do anything not to be that kid, including shrink himself down to nothing. But the less he...
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Series
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English
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"Sought-after social media influencer Sara Vance, in recovery from an eating disorder, is coming into her own, with a potential career expansion on the horizon. Despite the good news, her successful siblings (and their perfect spouses) have a way of making her feel like the odd one out. So, when her unreliable boyfriend is a no-show for a Florida family vacation, Sara recruits Luis Navarro - a firefighter paramedic and dive captain willing to play...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time teenage Aurora Evans met a hockey player at the Mall of America. He was from Canada. And soon, he was the perfect fake boyfriend, a get-out-of-jail-free card for all kinds of sticky situations. I can't go to prom. I'm going to be visiting my boyfriend in Canada. He was just what she needed to cover her social awkwardness. He never had to know. It wasn't like she was ever going to see him again... Years later, Aurora is teaching kids'...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The vacation house is a luxurious getaway for a wealthy English family, windows open to sun and the sea, a sparkling swimming pool, and a verdant garden. One hot summer night, while the parents and their friends drink wine and amuse themselves, a young woman--the teenage daughter of the Greek caretaker--ventures for a walk on their private beach. Her life will never be the same again. Ten years later, Julia is the perfect spouse and mother. Slender,...
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English
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"Astronomy-obsessed Abby McCourt should be thrilled about the solar eclipse her small town of Moose Junction is about to witness, but she's not. After her older sister Blair was sent away for an eating disorder, Abby has been in a funk. Desperate to dull the pain her sister's absence has left, she teams up with a visiting astronomer to help track down his long-lost telescope. Though this is supposed to take Abby's mind off the distance between her...
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English
Description
"Growing up in the foster care system, Jase Edgar always dreamed of one day starting his own family. But his fiancée's untimely death shattered his plans. Moving to Kansas and serving as a youth minister should be a fresh start, but he can't seem to set aside his doubts about God's goodness long enough to embrace his new life. Newly-appointed church custodian, Lori Fowler is battling her own challenges. Her strained relationship with her father and...
10) Camp Sylvania
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Language
English
Description
"Magnolia "Maggie" Hagen is determined to be in the spotlight ... if she can just get over her stage fright. This summer, though, she has big plans to finally attend Camp Rising Star, the famous performing arts camp she's been dying to go to for three whole summers. But on the last day of school, her parents break the news: Maggie isn't going to Camp Rising Star. She's being shipped off to fat camp, and not just any fat camp. She's going to Camp Sylvania,...
11) Smaller sister
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
"Maggie Edkins Willis's Smaller Sister is a debut middle grade graphic novel about body image, confidence, and the everlasting bond of sisterhood. Lucy's always looked up to her big sister, Olivia, even though the two are polar opposites. But then, Lucy notices Olivia start to change. She doesn't want to play with Lucy anymore, she's unhappy with the way she looks, and she's refusing to eat her dinner. Finally, Lucy discovers that her sister is not...
12) Taking up space
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Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Sarah is used to being the star on her basketball team, playing with her best friends, but suddenly she finds that her body is changing and she doesn't understand why she can't keep up on the court. Plus she doesn't understand why her mother has gotten so weird about food, binging on candy while forgetting about dinner, and she really doesn't understand why she told Benny, her crush, about her mother. But when Benny offers to teach...
13) On the spectrum
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Growing up in New York City in the shadow of her mother, a famous prima ballerina, Clara has never felt good about her body. Now, at sixteen, she has an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating. After a social media disaster, Clara decides to escape for the summer to Paris to stay with her estranged dad, her stepmom, and her six-year-old brother Alastair. Clara has hardly ever spent time with Alastair, who is on the autism spectrum. Charged with his...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Best friends almost since birth, Zoe and Hank navigate the shifting boundaries of their relationships during high school as one of them struggles with an eating disorder.
Zoe and Hannah ("Hank") have been inseparable since they met in elementary school. Zoe is effortlessly popular while Hank hides comfortably in her shadow. When Zoe's parents unexpectedly divorce, Zoe's perfect facade starts cracking. She develops an eating disorder-- and might be...
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