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Embrace Your Size: My Own Body Positivity
hara - Yen Press
Format: Paperback
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What do you do when your body doesnt match the ideal shape as dictated by society? What do you wear when sweats seem to be the only clothes that fit you? How do you deal with the constant, overwhelming waves of criticism about your appearance from yourself and others?. A love letter to anyone... |
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A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome
Ariel Henley
Format: Hardcover
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At only eight months old, identical twin sisters Ariel and Zan were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome -- a rare condition where the bones in the head fuse prematurely. They were the first twins known to survive it.Growing up, Ariel and her sister endured numerous appearance-altering procedures.... |
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Does My Body Offend You?
Mayra Cuevas - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A timely story of two teenagers who discover the power of friendship, feminism, and standing up for what you believe in, no matter where you come from. A collaboration between two gifted authors writing from alternating perspectives, this compelling novel shines with authenticity, courage,... |
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Hungry Ghost
Victoria Ying - First Second
Format: Hardcover
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Valerie Chu is quiet, studious, and above all, thin. No one, not even her best friend, Jordan, knows that she has been bingeing and purging for years. But when tragedy strikes, Val finds herself reassessing her priorities, her choices, and her body. The path to happiness may lead her away... |
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TJ Powar Has Something to Prove
JESMEEN KAUR DEO - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A charming rom-com about high school debater TJ Powar who - after becoming the subject of an ugly meme - makes a resolution to stop shaving, plucking, and waxing, and prove that she can be her hairy self and still be beautiful...but soon finds this may be her most difficult debate yet.... |
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What I Like About Me
Jenna Guillaume - Peachtree Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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You know all those movies where teenagers have, like, THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES? This vacation is probably not going to be that.The last thing sixteen-year-old Maisie Martin thought she'd be doing over vacation is entering a beauty pageant. Not when she's spent most of her life hiding her body... |
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The Greatest Thing
Sarah Winifred Searle - First Second
Format: Hardcover
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This tender YA comic is perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Drama and Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham's Real Friends who are ready to graduate to their first teen graphic novel.It's the first day of sophomore year, and now that Winifred's two best (and only) friends have... |
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No Weigh!: A Teen's Guide to Positive Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom
SHELLEY AGGARWAL - Jessica Kingsley Pub
Format: Paperback
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This workbook has everything you need to achieve connected eating, body positivity and balanced exercise. It will help you stay well informed about how bodies change emotionally and physically in the teen years, and why good nutrition is critical for growth and development. It debunks any myths... |
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And They Lived . . .
Steven Salvatore - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Can't Take That Away comes a sex-positive, fairytale-inspired YA novel that celebrates first love and self-acceptance, perfect for fans of What If It's Us. "My heart didn't stand a chance. I loved it from once upon a time all the way to its joyfully complex... |
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THE SKIN I'M IN
Sharon Flake - Jump At The Sun
Format: Paperback
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Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at her about her homemade clothes or her good grades, it's about her dark, black skin. When a new teacher, whose face is blotched with a startling white patch, starts at their school,... |
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Being You: The Body Image Book for Boys
Charlotte Markey - Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
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From early childhood boys often feel pressured to be athletic and muscular. But what impact does this have on physical and mental well-being through their teens and beyond? Worryingly, a third of teen boys are trying to 'bulk up' due to body dissatisfaction, and boys and men account... |
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Every Body Shines: Sixteen Stories About Living Fabulously Fat
Cassandra Newbould - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover
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Fat girls and boys and nonbinary teens are: friends who lift each other up, heroes who rescue themselves, big bodies in space, intellects taking up space, and bodies looking and feeling beautiful. They express themselves through fashion, sports and other physical pursuits, through food,... |
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Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy
Kelly Jensen - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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It's time to bare it all about bodies! We all experience the world in a body, but we don't usually take the time to explore what it really means to have and live within one. Just as every person has a unique personality, every person has a unique body, and every body tells its own story.... |
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Pumpkin
Julie Murphy - Balzer Bray
Format: Book
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Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. After graduation he plans to move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally live his truth. Throwing caution to the wind he creates an audition tape for his favorite TV drag... |
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If It Makes You Happy
Claire Kann - Swoon Reads
Format: Hardcover
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Claire Kann's If It Makes You Happy is a coming-of-age novel about a young girl learning to embrace her cultural and sexuality identity.Winnie is living her best fat girl life and is on her way to the best place on earth. No, not Disneyland--her Granny's diner, Goldeen's, in the small... |
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There's Something about Sweetie
Sandhya Menon - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover
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The irresistible companion novel to the New York Times bestseller When Dimple Met Rishi, which follows Rishi's brother, Ashish, and a confident fat athlete named Sweetie as they both discover what love means to them.Ashish Patel didn't know love could be so ... sucky. After... |
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The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color
Virgie Tovar - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Ebook
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It's time to ditch harmful, outdated beauty standards and build real, lasting body positivity. It's time for a self-love revolution! Every day we see movies, magazines, and social media that make us feel like we need to change how we look. This takes a toll on how we think about... |
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Love Is a Revolution
Renée Watson
Format: Hardcover
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When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani's birthday, she finds herself falling in instant love with Tye Brown, the MC. He's perfect, except . . . Tye is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community... |
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Mammoth
Jill Baguchinsky - Turner
Format: Paperback
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The summer before her junior year, paleontology geek Natalie Page lands a coveted internship at an Ice Age dig site near Austin, Texas. Natalie, who's also a plus-size fashion blogger, depends on the retro style and persona she developed to shield herself from her former bullies, but vintage... |
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I'll Be the One
Lyla Lee - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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The world of K-Pop has never met a star like this. Debut author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun, thoughtful rom-com celebrating confidence and body positivity - perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Julie Murphy. Skye Shin has heard it all. Fat girls shouldn't dance. Wear bright colors.... |
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The Other F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce
Angie Manfredi - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive collection of art, poetry, and prose, celebrating fat acceptance Chubby. Curvy. Fluffy. Plus-size. Thick. Fat. The time has come for fat people to tell their own stories. The (Other) F Word combines the voices of Rene Watson,... |
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The New David Espinoza
Fred Aceves - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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This own voices story from the acclaimed author of The Closest I've Come unflinchingly examines steroid abuse and male body dysmorphia. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Matt De La Pea.David Espinoza is tired of being messed with. When a video of him getting knocked down by a bully's... |
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Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
Crystal Maldonado
Format: Hardcover
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Charlie Vega is a lot of things. Smart. Funny. Artistic. Ambitious. Fat. People sometimes have a problem with that last one. Especially her mom. Charlie wants a good relationship with her body, but it's hard, and her mom leaving a billion weight loss shakes on her dresser doesn't... |
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Holding Up the Universe
Jennifer Niven - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times BestsellerFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places comes a heart-wrenching story about what it means to see someone - and love someone - for who they truly are.Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed... |
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My Eyes Are Up Here
Laura Zimmermann - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Insightful, frank, and funny, My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a teenage girl struggling to rediscover her sense of self in the year after her body decided to change all the rules.A "monomial" is a simple algebraic expression consisting of a single term. 30H, for example.... |
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Eat Your Heart Out
Kelly deVos - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover
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3--We'll be eaten by thin and athletic zombies (odds: excellent) Vivian Ellenshaw is fat, but she knows she doesn't need to lose weight, so she's none too happy to find herself forced into a weight-loss camp's van with her ex-best friend, Allie, a meathead jock who can barely... |
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What I Lost
Alexandra Ballard - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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What sixteen-year-old Elizabeth has lost so far: forty pounds, four jean sizes, a boyfriend, and her peace of mind. As a result, she's finally a size zero. She's also the newest resident at Wallingfield, a treatment center for girls like her -- girls with eating disorders. Elizabeth is determined... |
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The Year I Didn't Eat
Samuel Pollen - Yellow Jacket
Format: Hardcover
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This heartfelt, captivating novel chronicles a year in the life of 14-year-old Max as he struggles with anorexia.Dear Ana,Some days are normal. Some days, everything is OK, and I eat three square meals, pretty much, even if those squares are ridiculously small squares.Some... |
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Lighter than My Shadow
Katie Green - Random House UK
Format: Paperback
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A beautiful, heartbreaking, and ultimately heart-lifting graphic memoir Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, and listen to parental threats that she'd have to eat it for breakfast. But in any life a set of circumstance... |
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Wintergirls
Laurie Halse Anderson - Viking
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Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder. |
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