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Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In the tomorrow of Thinner Than Thou, the cult of the body has become the one true religion. The Dedicated Sisters are a religious order sworn to help anorexic, bulimic, and morbidly obese youth. Throughout the land, houses of worship have been replaced by the health clubs of the Crossed Triceps. And through hypnotically powerful evangelical infomercials, the Reverend Earl preaches the heaven of the Afterfat, where you will look like a Greek god and...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In Season five, Molly has embarked on a new career as a writer. After selling her romance novel, Molly's excitement is short-lived as she now faces the pressures of deadlines, taking notes from her opinionated publisher and dealing with her own insecurities. Aside from living under the same roof as his in-laws, Mike has to ride the roller coaster of being married to a published author.
43) Big fat disaster
Author
Publisher
Merit Press/F+W Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A shy, overweight, and insecure girl named Colby finds her place in a family of extroverted politicians, beauty queens, and other cookie-cut personalities"--
44) Starfish
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
All Together Now—Middle Grade
Beehive Award Nominees
Beehive Winners (All Categories)
Junior Fiction Realistic Fiction
Beehive Award Nominees
Beehive Winners (All Categories)
Junior Fiction Realistic Fiction
Description
Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself, with the help of some wonderful new allies.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In season six, Molly continues to work as a published author, but her determined pursuit of a career in writing is also creating difficulties in her relationship with Mike. And there's no relief for Mike, either, with his in-laws living under the same roof at home and his best-friend and fellow Chicago PD Officer partner Carl McMillan at work, Mike's got his own world of drama to deal with.
46) All of me
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Ari faces what it is to be a man while dealing with a cross-country move, his parents' separation, being bullied for his weight, and belatedly starting bar mitzvah preparations.
47) Pumpkin
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves.
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...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Big Girl chronicles Kelsey's journey into self-loathing and disordered eating-and out of it. This is a memoir for anyone who's dealt with a distorted body image, food issues, or a dysfunctional family. It's for the late-bloomers and the not-yet-bloomed. It's for everyone who's tried and failed and felt like a big, fat loser. So, basically, everyone."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Kate Williams is willing to do whatever it takes to get her acting career back on track, even if that means getting a boring office job to support herself--but when she witnesses a double murder in the office across from hers, will she be able to get anyone to believe her before she becomes the next victim?
Author
Series
Field party novel volume 4
Publisher
Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Told in separate voices, seventeen-year-old Tallulah Leddel, overweight, insecure, and angry at being ridiculed by football star Nash, and Nash, lost and bitter after an accident, unexpectedly find themselves falling in love.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Eric was 150 pounds overweight, depressed, and sick. After a lifetime of failed diet attempts, and the onset of type 2 diabetes due to his weight, Eric went to a new doctor, who surprisingly prescribed a shelter dog. And that's when Eric met Peety: an overweight, middle-aged, and forgotten dog who, like Eric, had seen better days. The two adopted each other and began an incredible journey together, forming a bond of unconditional love that forever...
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