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Title details for Skinny by Donna Cooner - Available

Skinny

by Donna Cooner
Elizabeth Morton
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Find your voice.

FORMAT: UNABRIDGEDHopeless. Freak. Elephant. Pitiful. These are the words of Skinny, the vicious voice that lives inside fifteen-year-old Ever Davies's head. Skinny tells Ever all the dark thoughts her classmates have about her. Ever knows she weighs over three hundred pounds, knows she'll probably never be loved, and Skinny makes sure she never forgets it.But there is another voice: Ever's singing voice, which is beautiful but has been silenced by Skinny. Partly in the hopes of trying out for the school musical - and partly to try and save her own life - Ever decides to undergo a risky surgery that may help her lose weight and start over.With the support of her best friend, Ever begins the uphill battle toward change. But demons, she finds, are not so easy to shake, not even as she sheds pounds. Because Skinny is still around. And Ever will have to confront that voice before she can truly find her own.

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  • Release date

    August 1, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781338261585
      • File size: 207919 KB
      • Duration: 07:13:09

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.2
    • Lexile® Measure: 670
    • Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      A series of humiliations finally leads 15-year-old morbidly obese Ever Davies to gastric bypass surgery. Elizabeth Morton's precise and even narration doesn't call attention to itself. Her style of delivery is appropriate for a story about a girl who desperately avoids attention. While Morton gives little indication of the Texas setting in her vocal characterizations, she imbues Ever's best friend, stepsister, and other characters with personality and gives listeners insights into the ways Ever misreads people and continually defeats herself. Complicating Ever's development is Skinny, a nasty voice inside her head that she believes tells her everything other people won't say. An absorbing and timely exploration of obesity, its consequences, and how one girl manages finds her voice. A.F. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.2
  • Lexile® Measure:670
  • Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
  • Text Difficulty:3

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