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The Bigger Book of Lydia

by Margaret Willey · 1983

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Still very small at fifteen, Lydia becomes self-conscious about her size and develops an obsession with growing, until she meets Michelle, who has anorexia nervosa and wants only to be smaller.

FictionSizeAnorexia nervosaEmotional problemsBody sizeJuvenile fictionSize and shapeChildren's storiesEmotionally disturbed childrenChildren's fictionGirls, fiction