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Enduring regimented and intrusive treatment at an eating-disorder center, seventeen-year-old Stevie is haunted by guilt for her brother's fatal accident and secretly plans to commit suicide on the anniversary of his death.
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English
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"When Janey Sweet, CEO of a couture wedding dress company, is photographed in the front row of a fashion show eating a bruffin--the delicious lovechild of a brioche and a muffin--her best friend and business partner, Beau, gives her an ultimatum: Lose thirty pounds or lose your job. Sure, Janey has gained some weight since her divorce, and no, her beautifully cut trousers don't fit like they used to, so Janey throws herself headlong into the world...
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English
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"The newest heartwarming novel from the New York Times bestselling author tells the story of two friends who make a promise to face their deepest hopes and greatest fears by agreeing to stop waiting to lose weight and start living now. 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 their family and friends by loving each other for who they were...
Author
Publisher
Diane M. Pratt
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Tenley reaches a turning point in her life when a date calls her chubby, and she decides it is time to lose the date and the weight. Her goal is to be able to fit into her jeans from high school and she enlists her friends to help her. Thomas, a colleague and friend, strikes her as the athletic type, and during lunch in the Starling Engineering cafeteria she discusses his weekend activities of running, hiking, and biking, and decides if she takes...
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English
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Jemima Jones is overweight—about one hundred pounds overweight. Treated like a maid by her thin social-climbing roommates, and lorded over by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented but better paid) at the Kilburn Herald, Jemima's only consolation is food. Add to this her passion for her charming, sexy, and unobtainable colleague Ben, and Jemima knows her life is in need of a serious change. When she meets Brad, an eligible California hunk,...
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English
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After her father's death, Gray Lachmann, finds herself compulsively overeating. Determined to take control again, she takes a job at a weight-loss camp. There she has to deal with devious co-counselors. combative teenage campers and the discovery of a teenage half-sister she never knew she had.
8) Up in heaven
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Book for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
10) Elevation
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Language
English
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"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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A foster child named Angel and twelve-year-old Stella, who are living with Stella's great-aunt Louise at the Linger Longer Cottage Colony on Cape Cod, secretly assume responsibility for the vacation rentals when Louise unexpectedly dies and the girls are afraid of being returned to the foster care system.
13) The tooth mouse
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This finely rendered fable introduces readers to the Tooth Mouse, France's version of the tooth fairy, and to Sophie, a sweet young mouse who must prove she is brave, honest and wise enough to take over this important job."--Publisher.
14) Calling the swan
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
205 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Skylar goes to summer school and tentatively begins to make some friends, she finally starts to get over the loss of her older sister and its terrible effects on the whole family.
15) The spotted dog
Author
Series
Corinna Chapman mystery volume 7
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Corinna Chapman, baker extraordinaire, talented sleuth, stalwart friend and lover, is back! When a distraught Scottish veteran from Afghanistan is knocked unconscious, waking up to find his beloved ex-service dog missing, Corinna and her lover, Daniel, find themselves inextricably drawn into the machinations of a notorious underworld gang of drug runners. Corinna and Daniel need to pull together all the strings to find the connections between their...
16) Future perfect
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ashley is offered the chance to have weight-loss surgery by her exacting grandmother, who promises to provide tuition to her dream college in return"--
17) We own the sky
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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When a devastating illness befalls his family, Rob Coates's world begins to unravel. Suddenly finding himself alone, Rob seeks solace in photographing the skyscrapers and clifftops he and his son Jack used to visit. He embarks on a journey to find his way back to life, and forgiveness.
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English
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Attending an elite prep school in Connecticut on a scholarship with his best friend (and secret love) science genius Delaney Doyle, sixteen-year-old Cash Pruitt, from a small town in East Tennessee, struggles with emotional pain and loss until his English teacher suggests writing poetry.
Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his Papaw is dying slowly from emphysema. Dodging drug dealers and watching out for his best friend (and person of...
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Series
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
291 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 P. I. Savannah Reid is no exception although she can't imagine wanting to shed her own hourglass figure by undergoing gastric bypass surgery like Dona did. After Dona's personal assistant is shot dead in the star's mile-long driveway, Savannah becomes her bodyguard. The victim was...
20) The rough patch
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : collor illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together and, especially, in the garden but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope.
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