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Reader reviewed by Anna

I'm a freshman in high school and I read this book, Everything Changes, because I felt like I might be able to identify with Katy. All my friends are a size 2 or 4. I always feel so horrible being so much bigger than they are. But after reading this I understand now that the problem is with me, not with them. I have to like myself or no one else will. People will accept me for who I am, a not so perfect size.

I think everyone should read this because it doesn't really put so much emphasis on the disorder as it does just a real true to life story. In fact, until Katy ended up in the hospital, I really though she was fine. I felt her parents should leave her alone and let her just do what she wanted. I think that it hit me that she was in trouble when it hit Katy because thats the kind of book it is. You actually become the character.

It's a book that everyone can get something out of. Even if you don't have an eating disorder, it's also about family life and how hard it is to be an only child. It's about having to move and leave your friends and about losing the first person you thought you loved. I enjoyed reading it and I'll read it again and again because I know that it will help me when I start feeling bad about myself. I hope that I can find more books from this author because she is really in touch with teenagers.