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Series
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Description
"The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common anti-fat myths and with tools to take action for fat justice"--
"One of the great thinkers of our generation . . . I feel fresher and smarter and happier for sitting down with her."-Jameela Jamil, iWeigh Podcast The co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast and creator of Your Fat Friend equips you with the facts to debunk common...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Description
"From the creator of Your Fat Friend, an explosive indictment on the systemic and cultural issues facing plus-sized people that will move us toward creating an agenda for fat justice. Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems that have led to people being denied basic needs because they are fat and calls for social justice movements to be inclusive of plus-sized people's experiences. Unlike the recent wave of memoirs and quasi...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Patricia “Sweet Pea” DiMarco wasnt sure what to expect when her parents announced they were getting a divorce. She never could have imagined that they would have the “brilliant” idea of living in nearly identical houses on the same street. In the one house between them lives their eccentric neighbor Miss Flora Mae, the famed local advice columnist behind “Miss Flora Mae I?” Dividing her time between two homes is not easy. And it doesnt...
6) Starfish
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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2022 ALA Youth Media Awards
All Together Now - Ages 12-18
Mighty Girls
One World, Many Stories 6th - 8th
All Together Now - Ages 12-18
Mighty Girls
One World, Many Stories 6th - 8th
Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Growing up as a fat girl, Virgie Tovar believed that her body was something to befixed. But after two decades of dieting and constant guilt, she was over itandgave herself the freedom to trust her own body again. Ever since, shes been helpingothers to do the same.Tovar is hungry for a world where bodies are valued equally, food is free frommoral judgment, and you can jiggle through life with respect. In concise and candidlanguage, she delves into...
9) Landwhale: on turning insults into nicknames, why body image is hard, and how diets can kiss my ass
Author
Publisher
Seal Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A leader in the body positivity movement provides a glimpse into her inner life, discussing her experiences from growing up fat to dating while fat.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
℗2010.
Language
English
Description
Nancy Makin weighed an astounding 703 pounds in May 2000. She was forty-five years old and had diabetes and heart disease. Thanks in equal parts to shame and logistics, she'd been homebound for a dozen years. Pushed her into cyberspace, in a chat room, she found the friendliness, the support, and even the love she'd been missing for so long. People treated her with the same respect accorded to everybody else. Thanks to these emotional connections,...
11) Blob
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
School is hell when you're not perfect. -- Book.
Author
Series
Faith Herbert origin story volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A plus-sized high school senior who hides a secret ability to fly pursues an unexpected romantic relationship with the heroine star of her favorite teen drama before her investigation into a new recreational drug puts those she loves in danger.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"One woman's journey to find herself through juicing, veganism, and love, as she went from fat to thin and from feeding her emotions to feeding her soul. From the extra pounds and unrelenting bullies that left her eating lunch alone in a bathroom stall at school to the low self-esteem that left her both physically and emotionally vulnerable to abuse, Jasmin Singer's struggle with weight defined her life. Most people think there's no such thing as...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ralph and Sylvia Nebula and their friend Mavis Goldfarb are bitter at being sent to a bogus weight-loss camp, so they decide to escape and find a way to take revenge on those responsible for promoting the idea that thin is better.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Everly Winters is perfectly happy to navigate life like a good neutral paint color: appreciated but unnoticed. That's why she's still a receptionist instead of exploring a career in art, why she lurks but never posts on the forums for her favorite makeover show, On the Plus Side, and why she's crushing so hard on her forever-unattainable co-worker. When no one notices you, they can't reject you or insist you're too much. This plan is working perfectly...
16) Accidental love
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After unexpectedly falling in love with a "nerdy" boy, fourteen-year-old Marisa works to change her life by transferring to another school, altering some of her behavior, and losing weight.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"From the bestselling author and host of the wildly popular Undisclosed podcast, a warm, intimate memoir about food, body image, and growing up in a loving but sometimes oppressively concerned Pakistani immigrant family. "My entire life I have been less fat and more fat, but never not fat." According to family lore, when Rabia Chaudry’s family returned to Pakistan for their first visit since moving to the United States, two-year-old Rabia was more...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Overweight sixteen-year-old Charlie yearned for her first kiss while her perfect best friend, Amelia, fell in love, so when she finally starts dating and learns the boy asked Amelia out first, she is devastated.
19) The underdogs
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"A shy, overweight 12-year-old & her best friend take on the case of a popular 16-year-old who died mysteriously leading to a breathtaking surprise twist"--
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
FAT. High school senior Cookie Vonn's post graduation dreams include getting out of Phoenix, attending Parsons and becoming the next great fashion designer. But in the world of fashion, being fat is a cardinal sin. It doesn't help that she's constantly compared to her supermodel mother and named after a dessert. Thanks to her job at a fashion blog, Cookie scores a trip to New York to pitch her portfolio and appeal for a scholarship but her plans are...
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