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Jessi discovers that one of the girls in her dance class is anorexic, and she and her friends soon learn about the seriousness of the illness. Ann M. Martin is the creator of The Baby-sitters Club, which has more than 190 million books in print, making it one of the most popular series in the history of publishing. Her novels include A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor Book), Belle Teal, Here Today, A Dog's Life, On Christmas Eve, and the Main Street and Family Tree series, as well as show more the much-loved collaborations P.S. Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More, with Paula Danziger. Ann lives in upstate New York. show lessTags
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An age-appropriate book about anorexia. It's a bit simplistic, but this is Babysitter's Club, so what do you expect. For its time, it was a good way for a girl to learn about this subject.
I originally read this book way before my own bought with anorexia, so I was completely surprised when it turned out that that's what was wrong with Mary. Looking through the book now, it's very obvious, but of course back then I didn't know anything about eating disorders. The way Jessi and the BSC members confront Mary about it really sucks, though.... They basically research all this stuff and then confronted her about it point-blank, which is of course why she got defensive about it.
great book
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- Canonical title
- Jessi and the Awful Secret
- Original title
- Jessi and the Awful Secret
- Original publication date
- 1993-02
- People/Characters
- Jessi Ramsey; Mallory Pike; Kristy Thomas; Claudia Kishi; Mary Anne Spier; Dawn Schafer (show all 7); Stacey McGill
- Important places
- Stoneybrook, Connecticut, USA
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .M3467585 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 90,403
- Reviews
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- (3.50)
- Languages
- Czech, Dutch, English, French
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
- ASINs
- 3
