"I'm Jade and I've just finished reading this book called Fat Chance which was written by Leslea Newman. This book is about a 13 year old girl, Judi, who believes she's fat. She becomes friends with the extremely skinny popular girl, Nancy, who she finds out is belimic. Judi uses this newfound "weapon" of belimia to try a lose weight. Then one day, Judi finds Nancy knocked out in the bathroom, covered in puke. Nancy ends up hospitalized and Judi starts to fear that her weight fighting solution could kill her, but she can't stop.
My Personnal Experience Related to This Book- I was unhappy with my weight and was thinking off using puking or "fasting" as the answer, but once I read this book and saw how frightening this could be I stopped thinking about it. I joined more sports clubs and eat less, but not nothing.
Why I recommend it- This book gives girls a real insight to the consequences of belimia and anorexia. It shows how much influence the images we see on t.v. or magazines or on advertisments. This book truely shows a teenage girls struggle and it is truely inspirational."
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~Emily Nash - Gryffindor - 3rd Year~
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