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Following the death of her father, a thirteen-year-old uses bulimia as a way to avoid her mother's and ten-year-old sister's grief, as well as her own. Isabelle Lee has a problem, and it's not just Ape Face, her sister, or group therapy for an eating disorder, or even that her father died and her mo...

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Main Author: Friend, Natasha, 1972-
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Milkweed Editions, 2010.
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Grief > Young adult fiction.
Death > Young adult fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:Following the death of her father, a thirteen-year-old uses bulimia as a way to avoid her mother's and ten-year-old sister's grief, as well as her own. Isabelle Lee has a problem, and it's not just Ape Face, her sister, or group therapy for an eating disorder, or even that her father died and her mother is depressed and in denial. It's that Ashley, the most popular girl in school, is inviting Isabelle to join her at lunch and at sleepovers at her house, and this is presenting Isabelle with a dilemma. Pretty Ashley has moved Isabelle up the social ladder, but is it worth keeping the secret they share? Caught in the orbit of popularity and appearances, Isabelle must navigate a world with mixed messages, false hopes, and potentially harmful turns, while coping with her own flailing family and emotions. The author brings a depth of characterization, humor, and a real adolescent's voice to this multileveled story about the desire to be perfect in an imperfect world.
Item Description:Adobe EPUB eBook.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Format:Adobe Digital Editions
ISBN:9781571318015
Author Notes:Natasha Friend has taught at the The Brearley School in New York City and at Ecole Bilingue in Boston. She currently directs the Brimmer and May summer camp in Massachusetts. She received her B.A. in psychology from Bates College, where her senior thesis focused on women and body image, and has an M.A. in English from Clemson University. She has written for Family Fun magazine. An essay she wrote about being a Big Sister appeared in "Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul." She also has written a resource book used in camp counsellor orientation throughout New England. This is her first book. She is married with one young son.
Contributor residences (city, state or country if outside the US or Canada): Quincy, Mass.

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