Bennett, Cherie. Life in the fat lane.BENNETT, Cherie. Life in the fat lane. Random House, Dell, Laurel-Leaf. 260p. c1998.0-440-22029-7. $5.50. JS Lara Lynn Ardeche has it all. She is popular, pretty, thin, has countless beauty pageant wins to her name, perfect parents, good grades, and a very cool boyfriend. And she is about to win homecoming queen, which as a junior is a big deal to her and all her beautiful, thin friends. But everything starts spiraling out of control for Lara after what is initially believed to be an allergic reaction allergic reaction n. A local or generalized reaction of an organism to internal or external contact with a specific allergen to which the organism has been previously sensitized. and subsequent treatment for it. Lara starts gaining weight...a lot of weight. As she sees her thin self slip away, she grows increasingly depressed and angry. Finding little comfort in the final diagnosis of suffering from a rare metabolic disorder Noun 1. metabolic disorder - a disorder or defect of metabolism disorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" that causes her to gain weight no matter how little she eats or how much she exercises, Lara faces the same ridicule she did little to stop when it happened to others in her school. The story is poignant, frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: , and mind-boggling Lara and her experience as a fat girl will surely ring true for anyone who struggles with weight. Kids can be cruel and Lara finds that out firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first , at the same time coming to terms with the reality that she was once that cruel and shallow. Give this book to girls looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. something perhaps a little more substantial than the overflow of chick lit "Chick lit" is a term used to denote genre fiction written for and marketed to young women, especially single, working women in their twenties and thirties. The genre's creation was spurred on, if not exactly created, by Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole diaries which inspired Adele . Stephanie Squicciarini, Teen Services Libn., Fairport PL., Fairport, NY J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescent and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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