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Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Hiding himself in baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, Will resorts to increasingly drastic measures to transform his appearance in an effort to win over his crush, until he meets someone who helps him see his body and all it contains as an ever-evolving work in progress"-- Provided by publisher.
2) Some bodies
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In rhyming text, all the things that make our bodies special--from the texture of our hair to the color of our eyes--are celebrated.
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins is beloved for her heartfelt novels filled with humor and wisdom. Now, in her newest novel, Good Luck with That, she tackles an issue every woman deals with: body image and self-acceptance. Emerson, Georgia and Marley have been best friends ever since they met at a weight-loss camp as teens. When Emerson tragically passes away, she leaves one final wish for her best friends: to conquer the fears they...
Author
Publisher
Tate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time in Persia, there was a woman who had never seen her reflection. On her wedding day, she sees herself in a mirror for the first time and does not recognize herself. Heartbroken, she runs away, mistakenly believing another bride has taken her place. Her love desperately follows her, trying to persuade her that the reflection she saw was in fact herself. Protesting, the woman must explain to her love that her shape cannot be contained...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When a confession on her wedding day shifts her world, 40-year-old Lena, trying to teach her daughter self-love while struggling to do so herself, questions everything she's learned about dating, friendship and motherhood while working tirelessly to bring the oft-forgotten Black history of Oregon to the masses.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends.
Author
Series
Publisher
Seix Barral
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Una mujer está de cacería en La Cebolla de Cristal. El grupo que toca en el escenario da pena, aunque el vocalista no parece un mal partido. La atmósfera oscura es la adecuada para ocultar la cicatriz en su rostro, la dolorosa marca de las cirugías a las que fue sometida de niña debido a su labio leporino y que la hizo merecedora del cruel apodo de Cara de Liebre. Su aire desinhibido y su cuerpo exuberante logran llamar la atención del cantante,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
High school debater TJ Powar, after she and her cousin become. the subject of an ugly meme, makes a resolution to stop shaving, plucking, and waxing, and prove that she can be her hairy self and still be beautiful… but soon finds this may be her most difficult debate yet.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Description
When outspoken feminist rebel Ruby McAlister stands up for a girl being humiliated into covering up, they become the leaders of the school's dress code rebellion, which forces them to face their own insecurities, biases, privileges and the ups-and-downs of newfound friendship.
14) Beautifully me
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Zubi, a happy Bangladeshi girl, is excited about her first day of school, but at breakfast she is puzzled by her mother and older sister worrying about being "too big," and even at school she hears other people criticizing each other's bodies, and she starts to worry that maybe something is wrong with how she looks--until her declaration at dinner that she is on a diet makes her family realize what they have been doing wrong.
15) All of me
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
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.
16) Luscious love
Author
Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"This romance, set amongst Mina's first summer job, explores new love, body image and the frustrations of working in retail. Centering around first love, cultural expectations, and class, Luscious love is the story of a girl realizing she needs to accept the love she deserves, and take the leap of faith before it's too late. Committed to amplifying female voices Author Katerina Bakolias highlights the traps we fall into when we have low self-worth....
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Greer Walsh struggles with the experience of having very large breasts and feeling isolated by the unwanted attention they garner until a group of friends and a romantic interest help her regain her sense of self"-- Provided by publisher.
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