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1) Butter
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Unable to control his binge eating, a morbidly obese teenager nicknamed Butter decides to make a live webcast of his last meal as he attempts to eat himself to death.
2) Biggie
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry "Biggie" Abbott has hidden behind his weight for years, and although he is the son and stepson of two of Finch, Minnesota's most famous athletes, he prefers academic success until the girl of his dreams suggests he join the baseball team, and, with his stepbrother's help, he discovers he is a great pitcher.
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at her local Iowa airport, she literally doesn't recognize him. In the four years since the siblings last saw one another, the once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundred of pounds. What happened? And it's not just the weight. After his brother-in-law has more than overstayed his welcome, Pandora's husband, Fletcher, delivers an ultimatum: it's him or me. Putting her marriage and her adopted...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A witty tribute to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, this surreal, futuristic narrative explores the highly topical relationships between obesity, government health care, pop culture, and body image. In a world where chocolate is worth more than cocaine on the black market, government-sanctioned vigilantes known as Good Humor Men patrol the streets, seeking to immolate all fattening food products as illegal contraband and summarily cancel the health...
5) Breakout
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old eighth-grader Anthony Castillo uses "f-bombs" in the angst-ridden song he writes for his rock band, the Rusty Soles, and while it becomes an instant viral hit, he must decide if being a hero is worth the trouble that singing it on Arts Night would cause.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Out-of-shape Flabby Cat and Slobby Dog, whose activities are limited to eating, drinking, and sleeping, finally slim down after embarking on an around-the-world search for the elusive Cunning Tiger and Wild Wolf.
8) The Gulps
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After their van and the killer whale water slide break down under the strain of their excessive weight, the Gulps decide to eat right and exercise.
9) Skinny
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
After undergoing gastric-bypass surgery, a self-loathing, obese teenaged girl loses weight and makes the brave decision to start participating in high school life, including pursuing her dream of becoming a singer and finding love.
Author
Series
Simonverse volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 490L
Language
English
Description
Avoiding relationships to protect her sensitive heart, plus-sized Molly supports her once-cynical twin, Cassie, when the latter has her own bout of lovesickness, a situation that is complicated by sibling dynamics and an unexpected romantic triangle.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Will is the only round kid in a school full of string beans. So he hides in baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, in the back row during class, and anywhere but the cafeteria during lunch. But shame isn't the only feeling that dominates Will's life. He's also got a crush on a girl named Jules who knows he doesn't have a chance with, string beans only date string beans, but he can't help wondering what if? Will's best shot at attracting Jules's attention...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
"Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is she was born without them. And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in Arizona, Aven moves with them across the country. Her new life takes an unexpected turn when she bonds with Connor, a classmate who also feels isolated because of his own disability, and they discover a...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
The life of a thirteen-year-old boy named Toby Wilson--who is already struggling with his mother's departure and his best friend's brother's tour of duty in Vietnam--changes forever when another boy, Zachary Beaver, moves to his Texas town.
15) Looks
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
Two high school girls, one an anorexic poet and the other an obese loner, form an unlikely friendship.
16) A piece of cake
Author
Series
Large family volume 3
Lexile measure
380L
Language
English
Description
When Mama Elephant puts her family on a diet, their will power remains strong until Granny sends a cake.
18) A lot like you
Author
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
Description
An obese fifteen-year-old receives a shock when she returns to school in the fall and finds that her formally thin heartthrob has gained a lot of weight following the death of his mother in an automobile crash.
19) Losing it
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Tired of being obese and reeling from his father's recent stroke, thirteen-year-old Bennett joins the cross country team to find out if there is more to life than french fries.
20) Fake
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
HL 660L
Language
English
Description
Maisie Fernandez has just about convinced herself that she does not care about her weight or her looks, or about only having one friend in Fort Collins High School (nerdy Owen Carpenter), but "Sienna", the internet profile she creates, is beautiful, skinny, and confident; the profile is part of her plan to humiliate the popular kids who bully and make fun of her, but suddenly the deception gets complicated--because the actual Sienna, the girl whose...
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