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Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! M. E. Kerr Many things change in a teenage boy's life when he meets the overweight girl who answers his ad for the cat he must give away. OL108490W
Massive Massive Julia Bell Carmen feels the stress of dealing with an anorexic mother, when they relocate to the city. OL12711411W
The much-adored Sandy Shore The much-adored Sandy Shore Angela Elwell Hunt To prove to her mother and stepfather that she is not self-centered, Cassie decides to help an overweight high-school classmate change her image. OL14852420W
Murphy Meets the Treadmill Murphy Meets the Treadmill Harriet Ziefert Having decided that her yellow Labrador is overweight, Cheryl puts him on a diet and makes him exercise, a program which has marvelous results. OL14968491W
Keeping the Moon Keeping the Moon Sarah Dessen Fifteen-year-old Colie is spending the summer with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her mother travels. Formerly chubby and still insecure, Colie has built a shell around herself. But her summer with he… OL15024559W
Stupid Cupid Stupid Cupid Ilene Cooper Tired of her mother urging her to diet, twelve-year-old Maddy finds the motivation to lose weight after meeting a handsome new student. OL15122626W
The new, improved Gretchen Hubbard The new, improved Gretchen Hubbard Ilene Cooper Formerly "Hippo Hubbard" of the sixth grade, Gretchen slims down but feels uncomfortable receiving compliments and attention from her classmates. After she vists her mom in santa fe she looks great n… OL15122639W
Keeping the moon Keeping the moon Sarah Dessen Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of s… OL15144148W
Nobody's Baby Now (Pacer Book for Young Adults) Nobody's Baby Now (Pacer Book for Young Adults) Carol Lea Benjamin Fifteen-year-old Olivia, unhappy because she is overweight and because she must care for her invalid grandmother after school every day, at first denies, then struggles to come to terms with both pro… OL15203211W
My dog Jack is fat My dog Jack is fat Eve Bunting,Michael Rex Carson does his best to help his dog, Jack, lose weight, with unexpected results. OL15586822W
R U 4 real? R U 4 real? Nancy Peacock Maya plans a fashion show for the high school mixer that will require her sister Morgan and her friends to lose weight in order to participate. OL15828067W
Me and fat Glenda Me and fat Glenda Lila Perl Thin Sara's family is so unconventional and fat Glenda's so conventional that the differences put a real strain on the two girls' friendship. OL15866463W
The fastest friend in the West The fastest friend in the West Vicki Grove When her best friend dumps her to be with the popular kids, overweight Lori shares an unusual but brief friendship with a homeless girl. OL159130W
The summer I lost it The summer I lost it Natalie Kath Fourteen-year-old Kat is determined to spend the summer before starting high school losing weight, but can she do it? OL15947290W
Life in the fat lane Life in the fat lane Cherie Bennett Sixteen-year-old Lara, winner of beauty pageants and Homecoming Queen, is distressed and bewildered when she starts gaining weight and becomes a fat girl. OL16050642W
Girls under pressure Girls under pressure Jacqueline Wilson Ellie learns to deal with her self-image as she battles anorexia. OL16066952W
Obesity Obesity Margaret Haerens "Obesity: The Global Obesity Epidemic; Obesity Factors; Obesity Effects; Anti-Obesity Policies"-- OL16604772W
Keeping the moon Keeping the moon Sarah Dessen Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl, spends the summer working as a waitress in a beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight and eccentric Aunt Mira, and trying to explore her sense of s… OL175866W
Living with obesity Living with obesity L. E. Carmichael A guide for teens that explains obesity, the causes, symptoms and related illnesses, as well as how to cope with it and maintain a healthy lifestyle. OL17874945W
How to be a reasonably thin teenage girl How to be a reasonably thin teenage girl Bonnie L. Lukes Suggestions for taking weight off and keeping it off through modifying attitudes, eating nutritiously, and exercising. OL17915271W
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