Perfect
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A quick and worthy read Upper MG/beginning YA
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It was an enjoyable read for me, and I really enjoyed it. I would recommend this for a 7th or 8th grade class. I'd like to read more books by Natasha Friend, too.
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I thought this was a great quick read, and likely a beginning YA book. I'd place it along the edge of MG/YA (Mid Grade/Young Adult). It's at the top of MG, and at the beginning of YA. The issues dealt with are solid and real, ones I found particularly compelling to want to keep reading to find out what happens.
The story centers around Isabelle Lee and her unlikely BFF, Ashley Barnum, the perfect popular girl at school. When both girls end up in a group for girls with particular disorders, Isabelle can't believe little miss perfect is in the same group.
As the story unravels, it becomes clearer how much both girls have in common and how a friendship sparked in group can help both girls find their way on the pathway to healing and wholeness again. Each girl has unique family issues that warrant their acting out, and I found the writing tight and well focused.
IT's a drama filled, teenage life
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Reader reviewed by Katie
This book is filled with a different view on life. Isabella is the main charecter. Her dad dies, and she has a eating disorder because he dies and her mom cries all day long. Her younger sister finds out that she has an eating disorder and she tells her mom, so her mom makes her go to "group" to help her with her eating disorder. she finds out that ashley ( the most popular girl at school) has an eating disorder too. The two girls become best friends but, there are more twists than that and you'll just have to read the book to see what happends!!!
This book is filled with a different view on life. Isabella is the main charecter. Her dad dies, and she has a eating disorder because he dies and her mom cries all day long. Her younger sister finds out that she has an eating disorder and she tells her mom, so her mom makes her go to "group" to help her with her eating disorder. she finds out that ashley ( the most popular girl at school) has an eating disorder too. The two girls become best friends but, there are more twists than that and you'll just have to read the book to see what happends!!!
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Nobody is Perfect
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Reader reviewed by safia
People deal with grief and stress in many ways. For Isabelle, after her dad dies, she begans to binge and purge. But now she has been caught by her younger sister and is sent to the "Eating Disorders and Body Image Therapy Group". There she learns valuable lessons and even meets the Miss Popular Ashley Barnum that goes to Isabelle's school.
This is a story that everybody should read and maybe find a it of themselves in the characters. It's also a great book on body image and such for middle schoolers.
People deal with grief and stress in many ways. For Isabelle, after her dad dies, she begans to binge and purge. But now she has been caught by her younger sister and is sent to the "Eating Disorders and Body Image Therapy Group". There she learns valuable lessons and even meets the Miss Popular Ashley Barnum that goes to Isabelle's school.
This is a story that everybody should read and maybe find a it of themselves in the characters. It's also a great book on body image and such for middle schoolers.
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Perfect
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Reader reviewed by Amy
I enjoyed the book Perfect becasue there were many things in this book that happen to people my age but I have never experienced. The book is about a young girl who is sent to a therapy group becasue she has a severe eating disorder which the group leader thinks started because of her fathers death.
I enjoyed the book Perfect becasue there were many things in this book that happen to people my age but I have never experienced. The book is about a young girl who is sent to a therapy group becasue she has a severe eating disorder which the group leader thinks started because of her fathers death.
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Different Look at Eating Disorders
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Reader reviewed by Krysten Weller
There have been many fictional YA books written about eating disorders, but this one stands out as the main character is more than just a stereotypical teen w/a problem. We see her struggling with her father's passing & trying to keep her family together. Unlike many books with such a heavy theme, this book doesn't get preachy, but deals with the situation quite realistically. I'd recommend this book to teens from 17-up, or girls who are dealing w/their own eating disorder, but, I would DEFINITELY refrain from giving this book to younger girls.
There have been many fictional YA books written about eating disorders, but this one stands out as the main character is more than just a stereotypical teen w/a problem. We see her struggling with her father's passing & trying to keep her family together. Unlike many books with such a heavy theme, this book doesn't get preachy, but deals with the situation quite realistically. I'd recommend this book to teens from 17-up, or girls who are dealing w/their own eating disorder, but, I would DEFINITELY refrain from giving this book to younger girls.
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