Eating Disorders Awareness Booklist
These books all touch on the subject of eating disorders, and will help older children and teenagers to gain an understanding of eating issues.
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Pumpkin Pie
Author: Jean Ure
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Interest age: 9+
Reading age: 9+Some unpleasant comments from girls at school and an embarrassing incident relating to her weight lead a girl to start worrying about her self-image.
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Wintergirls
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Marion Lloyd Books
Interest age: 14+
Reading age: 12+Wintergirls tells the story of Lia, a recovering anorexic whose recovery is sent spiralling out of control when her former best friend (and bulimic), Cassie, is found dead in a motel room.
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Summer's Dream
Author: Cathy Cassidy
Publisher: Puffin Books
Interest age: 11+
Reading age: 11+Thirteen year-old Summer has always been passionate about dancing, but when the chance to audition for a place at a prestigious ballet school comes her way, she feels sure her dreams are about to come true.
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Girls Under Pressure
Author: Jacqueline Wilson Illustrator: Nick Sharratt
Publisher: Random House
Interest age: 11+
Reading age: 9+Ellie feels like the ugly duckling beside her slim, gorgeous friends Magda and Nadine. She decides to go on a diet, but she soon gets carried away with her plan to lose weight.
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Paper Weight
Author: Meg Haston
Publisher: Hot Key Books
Interest age: 12+
Reading age: 9+Based on experience, Meg Haston tells the story of 17-year-old Stevie and her journey into an eating disorder.
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Butter
Author: Erin Jade Lange
Publisher: Faber Children's Books
Interest age: 13+
Reading age: 13+Bullied at school, and weighing over 400 lbs, Butter feels he has nothing left to live for, and announces he will eat himself to death live on the internet.
