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1) Elevation
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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...
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English
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From the acclaimed author of Corpse Suzette, a plus-sized PI must protect an actress from a killer intent on an encore performance.
There's nothing like a makeover story to get people hooked, and America is certainly addicted to the weight-loss saga of once celebrated actress Dona Papalardo. Plus-sized PI Savannah Reid is no exception, although she can't imagine wanting to shed her own hourglass figure by undergoing gastric
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English
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Mika Brzezinski is at war against obesity. She believes the fearsome subjects of food, diet, and body image are radioactive in America, and it's getting worse. Mika wages her war on food each day, and in Food Fight; she describes her history of food obsession, distorted body image, and her struggle to be thin. She believes it is time for people to stop blaming and shaming themselves and they should look at the real culprits, the food they eat and...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Given an ultimatum by her best friend and business partner, Janey Sweet embarks on a haphazard effort to lose weight in accordance with a series of fads ranging from naked yoga to militant boot camp before questioning if her goals are wise.
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
TV says it. Magazines say it. American society commands it. You must be thin. You must be young. Fad diets. Fat-purging pills. Fitness clubs. Liposuction. Breast implants. Steroids. In the tomorrow of Thinner Than Thou, the cult of the body has become the one true religion. The Dedicated Sisters are a religious order sworn to help anorexic, bulimic, and morbidly obese youth. Throughout the land, houses of worship have been replaced by the health clubs...
12) To be honest
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
An NPR Best YA Book of 2018. The author of The Big F is back with another snappy, utterly relatable contemporary novel about loving yourself and forging your own path. Savannah is dreading being home alone with her overbearing mother after her big sisterand best friendgoes off to college. But if she can just get through senior year, she'll be able to escape to college, too. What she doesn't count on is that her mother's obsession with weight has only...
13) Losing it
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Bennett Robinson loves baseball, especially watching Dodgers games with his dad while munching on burgers and fries. Baseball even helped Bennett and his dad cope with his mom's death from cancer. But on one perfect, baseball-watching day when Bennett's overweight dad is taken away on a stretcher, Bennett has to move in with know-it-all Aunt Laura. She's making it her personal mission to Get Bennett Healthy--and take over his life.
14) Vision quest
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
High school wrestler Louden Swain is a man obsessed, trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on Shute, the undefeated, tough-as-nails 168-pound champion who's the best wrestler in the state.
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