Winner of the Society of School Librarians International’s Best Book Award – Language Arts, Grades 7-12 Novels
Winner of the 2005 White Pine Awards, Fiction category
Selected for inclusion in the Best Books for the Teen Age 2004 List by the New York Public Library
Nominated for Snow Willow Award (The Saskatchewan Young Reader’s Choice Awards)
Nominated for the Canadian Library Association’s 2004 Young Adult Canadian Book Award
More than You Can Chew has been called a One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest for young adults.
Marty Black has retreated from a difficult family situation into the area she can best control, her own appetites. She may not be able to control her parents’ behavior, but she can decide what she will and will not eat. Eventually, she stops eating altogether. Marty is close to death when she finally asks for help and finds herself in a psychiatric institution. But recognizing her need for help is only the first tenuous step on a long road to recovery.
Marty’s ability to find a way to live, despite the powerful lure of anorexia, is the core of this fine, insightful novel.
Marnelle Tokio’s semi autobiographical story will resonate with every teenager who faces issues of family, body image, and self-confidence.
Holly Hughes - Children's Literature
Marty Black, an anorexic seventeen-year old, finds herself in a hospital clinic especially for those with eating disorders. Her life has slowly and dangerously unraveled since her parents' messy divorce when she was three years old. Control over what she eats becomes her only means of power and, she believes, her only source of admiration. Like most teens, discovering who she is, realizing what she believes in and gaining the will to live keep her continually engaged, but with Marty these issues determine her survival. Marty reveals her agonizing story in a journal-like format. Tokio allows the reader into the raw and deadly world of watching one's figure and does so with a particularly sharp wit. She describes this novel as semi-autobiographical, which rationalizes her honest approach to the issue. 2003, Tundra Books, Ages 14 up.
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Literature & Fiction
- Social & Family Issues
- Self Esteem & Reliance
- Social & Family Issues
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Tundra Books
Author : Tokio, Marnelle
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2003-10-28
Number Of Pages : 240
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0887766390
ISBN-13 : 9780887766398
Item weight : 0.45 lb
Dimensions : 0.55 in x 5.2 in x 7.32 in
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