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		Looks Two high school girls, one an anorexic poet and the other an obese loner, form an unlikely friendship. George, Madeleine. TEEN GEORGE

		Pretty face When an overweight high school student from Santa Monica spends the summer in Italy, she learns to relish life and understand the true meaning of beauty. Hogan, Mary, 1957- TEEN HOGAN

		Skinny After the death of their father, two sisters struggle with various issues, including their family history, personal relationships, and an extreme eating disorder. Kaslik, Ibi, 1973- TEEN KASLIK

		Hunger Seventeen-year-old Lisabeth has anorexia, and even turning into Famine--one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse--cannot keep her from feeling fat and worthless. Kessler, Jackie Morse. TEEN KESSLER

		Purge When her parents check sixteen-year-old Janie into Golden Slopes to help her recover from her bulimia, she discovers that she must talk about things she has admitted to no one--not even herself. Littman, Sarah. TEEN LITTMAN

		The earth, my butt, and other big, round things Virginia Shreves is insecure -- and comparing herself to the tall, dark, and slender over-achievers who make up the rest of her family doesn't help. Add in even more criticism than usual from her exercise-obsessed mom and the fact that Virginia's best friend has moved away, and it's sure be a bad year of epic proportions. Or is it? Mackler, Carolyn. TEEN MACKLER

		Zoe letting go : [a novel] To Zoe, her own mother had made an absurd mistake leaving Zoe at Twin Oaks Institute, a place that treats girls with eating disorders. Her only solace is to pour her heart into long letters to her former best friend. Price, Nora. TEEN PRICE

		Artichoke's heart When she is almost sixteen years old, Rosemary decides she is sick of being overweight, mocked at school and at Heavenly Hair--her mother's beauty salon--and feeling out of control, and as she slowly loses weight, she realizes that she is able to cope with her mother's cancer, having a boyfriend for the first time, and discovering that other people's lives are not as perfect as they seem from the outside. Supplee, Suzanne. TEEN SUPPLEE

		Big fat manifesto Overweight, self-assured, high school senior Jamie Carcaterra writes in the school newspaper about her own attitude to being fat, her boyfriend's bariatric surgery, and her struggles to be taken seriously in a very thin world. Vaught, Susan, 1965- TEEN VAUGHT

		Skin When his parents decide to separate, eighth-grader Donnie watches with horror as the physical condition of his sixteen-year old sister, Karen, deteriorates due to an eating disorder. Vrettos, Adrienne Maria. TEEN VRETTOS