Jessi and the Awful Secret
- ISBN-10
- 0590456636
- ISBN-13
- 9780590456630
- Category
- Anorexia nervosa
- Pages
- 147
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Author
- Ann M. Martin
Description
Jessi discovers that one of the girls in her dance class is anorexic. A sensitive look at a common problem among teenage girls. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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