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4) Biggie
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry "Biggie" Abbott has hidden behind his weight for years, and although he is the son and stepson of two of Finch, Minnesota's most famous athletes, he prefers academic success until the girl of his dreams suggests he join the baseball team, and, with his stepbrother's help, he discovers he is a great pitcher.
6) The Gulps
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After their van and the Killer Whale water slide break down under the strain of their excessive weight, the Gulps decide to eat right and exercise.
7) Skinny
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After undergoing gastric-bypass surgery, a self-loathing, obese teenaged girl loses weight and makes the brave decision to start participating in high school life, including pursuing her dream of becoming a singer and finding love.
8) Butter
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Unable to control his binge eating, a morbidly obese teenager nicknamed Butter decides to make live webcast of his last meal as he attempts to eat himself to death.
9) Flabby Tabby
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
When a lively kitten joins the household, flabby Tabby embarks on a fitness program.
10) Looks
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Two high school girls, one an anorexic poet and the other an obese loner, form an unlikely friendship.
11) Chumpkin
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
The children are arriving at the farm for a day of pumpkin picking. All of the excited pumpkins stand straight and tall, except for Chumpkin, the roundest one of all. Will anyone choose Chumpkin?
14) Breakout
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old eighth-grader Anthony Castillo uses "f-bombs" in the angst-ridden song he writes for his rock band, the Rusty Soles, and while it becomes an instant viral hit, he must decide if being a hero is worth the trouble that singing it on Arts Night would cause.
15) Fake
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Maisie Fernandez has just about convinced herself that she does not care about her weight or her looks, or about only having one friend in Fort Collins High School (nerdy Owen Carpenter), but "Sienna", the internet profile she creates, is beautiful, skinny, and confident; the profile is part of her plan to humiliate the popular kids who bully and make fun of her, but suddenly the deception gets complicated--because the actual Sienna, the girl whose...
16) Piglettes
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A wickedly funny and life-affirming coming-of-age road trip story - winner of France's biggest prize for teen and YA fiction. Awarded the Gold, Silver and Bronze trotters after a vote by their classmates on Facebook, Mireille, Astrid and Hakima are officially the three ugliest girls in their school, but does that mean they're going to sit around crying about it? Well... yes, a bit, but not for long! Climbing aboard their bikes, the trio set off on...
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