pickA moving fictional account of a Taiwanese American girl with disordered eating, told in comics format. The author‘s note at the end says she based this on her own experiences and that doesn‘t surprise me because it rings so true.
Images can carry so much that isn‘t in the text. In this scene, it‘s clear that a football player is giving Jordan an appreciative look, but in the next panel we see Jordan‘s friend Valerie thinking Jordan is sadly delusional. That no football player would look twice at Jordan because she‘s fat. Valerie can‘t see what‘s right in front of her, including the fact that she herself has disordered eating.
Remember, don‘t eat, just taste.
[Her mother‘s instructions are about not eating her own birthday cake.]
Val faces her own fears following her dad's death.
Aw, this made me a bit teary. The kindness of strangers. Someone made a similar gesture when I was in the last days of editing and thinking I'd never submit.
so-soAfter someone calls him fat in forth grade, Will spirals. He loses friends, isolates and loathes himself and experiences disordered eating. This book is intense. It could definitely trigger people with eating disorders while it could also help others realize they are not alone. Would I recommend it? I am honestly not sure.
This is such a sad a tragic story that Jeannette shared with the world. She lost her youth and teenage years at the hands of her abusive mother. She was mentally abused by her mother in ways, unimaginable! This was a very well written bio that was sad but somehow, Ms. Jennette somehow found ways to slip her humor that mad it a little easier to read. Totally recommend this. Trigger warnings, eating disorders #mentalabuse #survivor #eatingdisorder
Back on track with the Scarathon Photo challenge- and a new pal for Archibald my Skelefriend! Meet my new fave little ghostly ornament. Unnamed as of yet but SO super cute.
Not yet finished with the tagged book- but so far really good and touching.
#scarathon #scarathonphotochallenge #teamBOOklovers
pickThis was pitched as “Starfish” with a male protagonist and I can see where the comparison comes from. Will‘s story is very introspective, being written entirely as journal entries with doodles throughout. It was very effective to illustrate exactly what was going on in his head, and what was going on was so painful. My heart hurts for Will and all the kids who feel like him. This will be an important one for every person (kid and adult) to read.
