Fat Chance

By Anthony Ilacqua

Judi Liebowitz thinks she's fat. And she's convinced, as she confides in her diary, that she'd be happier if she were skinnier. So when Judi becomes friendly with pencil-thin, glamorous Nancy Pratt, she learns Nancy's secret and joins her in the secret binge-and-purge cycles of bulimia. Before long, Judi's life spins out of control and her obsession with food, calories, and pounds is no longer another typical eighth-grade problem--it's a matter of life and death. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069811406X
• ISBN13: 9780698114067
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great read

Great book for children and adults. Well written. Leaves an impression. Teenagers with eating disorders.

One Fat Mistake

The book Fat Chance is about a girl Named Judi Liebowitz. She is a normal teenage girl in the 8th grade who is so worried about her body and wants to lose weight and want to become the prettiest girl in school. She has tried every diet in the book and she starts this new diet and she keeps on eating and can't stop. But then one day she goes into the bathroom and hears a person throwing up, and you won't belive who it was...

Fat Chance

Judi Lebowitz always dreamed of being thin. Since she was on the heavy side, she would do almost anything to look like the models on the covers of magazines. Judi tried every diet int he book, but none of them worked. One day in the bathroom at school she heard someone throwing up. It was her classmate and idol Nancy Pratt. Nancy let Judi in on her "dieting" secret. Judi thought that if the most popular girl in the school...

I read this book in like One Day,

I could really relate to this book, and I know alot of girls can too. It's not just about some girl with an eating disorder, but insecurity, lack of self confidence, and than the journey of overcoming all that to love yourself and be happy with who you are. I liked this book and I think all girls who have insecurities about their bodies should read it, it might help!

This Book made me think about my own life

I read this book about two years ago, a time where I was thinking about my body and if guys would be attracted to me or not. I thought I was fat and there was no way anybody could get that out of my head. Then one day I went to the library to have some time to myself, well... basically that is all i had, I needed to get out of the house. I had no friends, and felt worthless, and outcasted. I wore a long black coat...