Losing it / Suggested level: secondary.
McKay, Sandy, 1959-
Losing it / Sandy McKay. - Dunedin, N.Z. : Longacre Press, 2007. - 217 p. ; 20 cm.
Novel for young adults.
Fifteen-year-old Johanna Morrison is in hospital, writing letters to her best friend, Issy. As part of her therapy Jo is not allowed to leave her room, use the phone, have visitors or even wash her hair. Not unless she agrees to eat. But Jo doesn?t want to eat because to her that would mean giving in and losing what little control she has over her life. Jo suffers from anorexia and her condition has reached crisis point. For now, contact with Issy is the only thing keeping her sane.
Suggested level: secondary.
9781877361746
Anorexia nervosa--Teen fiction.
Teenage girls--Teen fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Teen fiction.
Letters--Teen fiction.
Friendship--Teen fiction.
Young adult fiction, New Zealand.
Losing it / Sandy McKay. - Dunedin, N.Z. : Longacre Press, 2007. - 217 p. ; 20 cm.
Novel for young adults.
Fifteen-year-old Johanna Morrison is in hospital, writing letters to her best friend, Issy. As part of her therapy Jo is not allowed to leave her room, use the phone, have visitors or even wash her hair. Not unless she agrees to eat. But Jo doesn?t want to eat because to her that would mean giving in and losing what little control she has over her life. Jo suffers from anorexia and her condition has reached crisis point. For now, contact with Issy is the only thing keeping her sane.
Suggested level: secondary.
9781877361746
Anorexia nervosa--Teen fiction.
Teenage girls--Teen fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Teen fiction.
Letters--Teen fiction.
Friendship--Teen fiction.
Young adult fiction, New Zealand.