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Paperweight / Meg Haston

Haston, Meg. (Author).

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"Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. In her body. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center on the dusty outskirts of the New Mexico desert. Her dad has signed her up for sixty days of treatment. But what no one knows is that Stevie doesn't plan to stay that long. There are only twenty-seven days until the anniversary of her brother Josh's death--the death she caused. And if Stevie gets her way, there are only twenty-seven days until she, too, will end her life"--Page 4 of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062335746
  • ISBN: 006233574X
  • Physical Description: 288 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Target Audience Note:
14 & up.
Subject: Eating disorders in adolescence > Patients > Juvenile fiction.
Bulimia > Patients > Juvenile fiction.
Loss (Psychology) in adolescence > Juvenile fiction.
Suicidal behavior > Juvenile fiction.
Broken homes > Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls > Mental health > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Adair County Public Library TEEN F Haston (Text) 34029002222320 Teen Fiction Available -
Keller Public Library-Dexter YA Fic Has (Text) 130886 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Livingston - Lillian DesMarias Youth Library YA F Haston (Text) 2601710845 Teen Fiction Available -
Morgan County Library YA HAS (Text) 35319000301120 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Oregon County - Thomasville Public Library YA Fic Has (Text) 3THOM000368250 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Poplar Bluff - Main Library YA FIC HASTON (Text) 38420101417802 FICTION (YA) Available -
Pulaski County Library-Crocker YA HAS (Text) 33642000677989 YA Fiction Available -

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This emotionally haunting and beautifully written young adult debut delves into the devastating impact of trauma and loss, in the vein of Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls. Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. In her body. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center on the dusty outskirts of the New Mexico desert. Life in the center is regimented and intrusive, a nightmare come true. Nurses and therapists watch Stevie at meal time, accompany her to the bathroom, and challenge her to eat the foods she's worked so hard to avoid. Her dad has signed her up for sixty days of treatment. But what no one knows is that Stevie doesn't plan to stay that long. There are only twenty-seven days until the anniversary of her brother Josh's death--the death she caused. And if Stevie gets her way, there are only twenty-seven days until she, too, will end her life. Paperweight follows seventeen-year-old Stevie's journey as she struggles not only with a life-threatening eating disorder, but with the question of whether she can ever find absolution for the mistakes of her past...and whether she truly deserves to.

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