HOW I MADE IT TO EIGHTEEN by Tracy White

This book was basically a picture book about a girl named Stacy who is going through a lot of struggles in her life: drugs, boy friend problems, eating problems. So, she decides to check herself into a mental hospital. This book shows her journey where she fights the entire way to get better.

I gained so much from this book, learning about her struggles and how she got help and how her friends stuck by her.

This is a page turner. You really won't put this book down until it's over. You want to follow her journey till the end.

Recommended for Grades 9 - 12.


KH in Greenville

PURGE by Sarah Littman

Janie Ryman has gotten herself into a recovery clinic. Not only does she have bulimia, but she has tried to kill herself, too. We find out about her life very slowly. Along the way we meet different characters with their own life issues, and those issues end up helping Janie.

This story definitely held my attention. I gained more knowledge about anorexia and bulimia and, although it's about a serious topic, it is also filled with humor, something every book needs.

Recommended
Alex in Esopus

DISTORTED: HOW A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER UNRAVELED THE TRUTH, THE LIES, AND THE REALITIES OF AN EATING DISORDER by Lorri and Taryn Benson

Lorri Benson felt blessed that she had such a loving husband with a lucrative job in the financial industry. She had her own career as senior producer for a long running prestigious television show. She had three beautiful daughters and what seemed to be the perfect family life, until the day she walked into her oldest daughter Taryn's bathroom and saw her daughter throwing up. Realizing her daughter had an eating disorder turned her whole world upside down, and she began questioning where she had gone wrong as a mother. She embarks on a difficult journey to save her daughter's life.

This is a really great read that tells a true story, and teaches us that even if a family looks as if it may be perfect, it doesn't mean that it is.

Outstanding.
Musfera in Esopus