Life in the Fat Lane
 
Cherie Bennett
GENRE: Realistic Fiction
THEME: Teenage Pressures, Stress, Relationships, Weight Control, Eating Disorders, Fitting In, and Self-Perception.
RL/IL: Young Adult: Grades 7-9.
PAGES: 260
Warnings: None
Beauty Queen Lara has the perfect life. She has the perfect parents, the perfect body, the perfect friends, the perfect boyfriend and popularity. What more could a girl ask for, especially one as sweet and giving as Lara? Can life really be that perfect?
After being crowned Homecoming Queen, Lara begins to rapidly gain weight. At first, it is only 10 pounds, then 10 more, and then 20 more. Soon Lara is …read more