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The Portrayal of Obese Adolescents.
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Beineke, Rachel – ALAN Review, 1998
Takes a personal approach to the lives of overweight teenagers and suggests some adolescent novels that explore such lives. Notes, however, that most such novels end unrealistically with the adolescent losing weight and gaining popularity. (RS)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Characterization, Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders: A Recollection and a Review of Some Relevant Young Adult Fiction.
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Myers, Elizabeth M. – ALAN Review, 1998
Draws on the author's own experiences to look at several adolescent novels that treat the problem of eating disorders. Appends a four-item annotated bibliography of other young adult novels portraying characters with eating disorders. (RS)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Characterization, Eating Disorders