Kids Book Index
Lauren Seal
Evie is a strong student who does not realize she has an eating disorder. When she is hospitalized, she struggles to believe that treatment is necessary. In a treatment facility, the teen confronts her illness while seeking control and self-love. Her hospitalization marks a change in how she sees the condition. The novel draws on the author’s real-life struggles.
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LeapSimina PopescuThis debut graphic novel is set at a performing-arts boarding school in Bucharest, Romania. Dancers Ana and Carina pursue their ambitions while navigating friendship, first love, and queerness in a conservative city. Ana has studied contemporary dance since childhood but no longer feels committed to it. Her attention is on Carina, an ambitious ballerina who fears being outed, keeping their relationship hidden. The girls question whether the future they have worked toward is still the one they want.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
VisitationsCorey Egbert, illustrated by Corey EgbertTeen Corey and his younger sister endure a kidnapping by their mother, whose mental illness is increasing even though she loves them. As Corey tries to find the truth in the desert, he must also contend with his mother’s delusions and warnings from a ghost. The book follows the siblings’ frightening experience and the impact of their mother’s mental health on their family.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Louder than HungerJohn Schu, foreword by Kate DiCamilloJake is a middle school student receiving treatment for anorexia nervosa. The illness appears to him as a controlling Voice inside his head. Before treatment, he volunteers at a nursing home and enjoys skating, singing, bingo, music games, mysteries, and comics, while avoiding peers, mirrors, and food. The novel tells his difficult movement toward health in free-verse poetry. It follows Jake’s experience with an eating disorder and the inner voice that exerts control over him.Fourteen and OlderLexile Text Measure 549LATOS Book Level 3.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details