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Mercy O'Connor is becoming an angel.
She can feel her wings sprouting from her shoulder blades. They itch. Sometimes she even hears them rustling.
And angels don't need to eat. So Mercy has decided she doesn't need to either. She is not sick, doesn't suffer from anorexia, is not trying to kill herself. She is an angel, and angels simply don't need food.
When her parents send her to an eating disorder clinic, Mercy is scared and confused....
2) Wintergirls
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Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
3) Hunger
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Anorexic seventeen-year-old Lisabeth Lewis, appointed Famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, revels in the freedom that comes with traveling the world on her steed, and having to visit places where hunger is a real part of everyday life gives her a new perspective on her own eating issues.
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"The chocolate went first, then the cheese, the fries, the ice cream. The bread was more difficult, but if she could just lose a little more weight, perhaps she would make the soloists' list. Perhaps if she were lighter, danced better, tried harder, she would be good enough. Perhaps if she just ran for one more mile, lost just one more pound. Anna Roux was a professional dancer who followed the man of her dreams from Paris to Missouri. There, alone...
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Seventeen-year-old Maddie's weight loss begins to spiral out of control after she discovers an online community filled with girls like herself, who offer one another support and weight loss tips that mask their obsession with being thin, and when Maddie's parents send her to an eating disorders treatment facility, Maddie refuses to admit she needs help, until a tragedy opens her eyes to her dangerous habits.
7) Pointe
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Four years after Theo's best friend, Donovan, disappeared at age thirteen, he is found and brought home and Theo puts her health at risk as she decides whether to tell the truth about the abductor, knowing her revelation could end her life-long dream of becoming a professional ballet dancer.
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"Misfit Tally is forced to room with queen bee Ava on the seventh grade's extended field trip to Washington, D.C., and discovers several surprising things about her roommate, including the possibility of an eating disorder. During a class trip to DC, twelve-year-old Tally and her best friends, Sonnet and Caleb (a.k.a. Spider) are less than thrilled when they are assigned roommates and are paired with kids who are essentially their sworn enemies. For...
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