fatchance

__Fat Chance__ by Leslea Newman ISBN: 0-698-11406-X c1994 214 pages R.L.-5.5 Points-10

Good sections to read aloud: -any journal entry -p.p. 82-83 where she finds Nancy throwing up in the bathroom

Summary: Judi is trying to lose weight, even though she doesn’t need to. She writes about her struggles in her diary. She tries a lot of different things, but decides fasting is what makes her lose weight the fastest...that is until she discovers the most popular girl in the school, Nancy Pratt, has a better way. Nancy eats and then throws it up immediately. Judi figures if the most popular girl in the school can do it, so can she. What happens makes Judi’s life spiral downward extremely fast.

YA fiction--teen issues; weight control; dieting; middle school

©Jennifer Lang - WDMS - 2003