| Description |
229 pages ; 18 cm |
| Series |
Puffin plus |
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Puffin plus.
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| Summary |
Francesca is five-foot four, pretty, slim and intelligent - at least that's how she appears to the rest of the world. But what she sees when she looks at her reflection is a fat, grotesque 'monster'. That's when the idea comes to her: fat Francesca must die to make way for a new girl - slim Kessa. Suddenly meals become dangerous to her. Food is the enemy, and must be beaten! But what starts as determination soon turns into a frightening obsession - anorexia nervosa - with everyone but Kessa realizing that her life is in danger. The struggle by Kessa's family - and her doctor - to bring her back to normality makes this a fascinating and moving story |
| Analysis |
Fiction in English American writers, 1945- - Texts |
| Notes |
Also published: Penguin, 1988 |
| Subject |
Anorexia nervosa -- Juvenile fiction.
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Anorexia nervosa.
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Families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Girls -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0140322744 |
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0140327487 (Penguin) |
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