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Title	:	Perfect
Author	:	Natasha Friend
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 172 pages
Published	:	September 16th 2004 by Milkweed Editions
Categories	:	Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. Fiction. Health. Mental Health. Contemporary. Mental Illness. Teen

Perfect Paperback | Pages: 172 pages

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Depicting with humor and insight the pressure to be outwardly perfect, this novel for ages 10-13 shows how one girl develops compassion for her own and others’ imperfections. For 13-year-old Isabelle Lee, whose father has recently died, everything's normal on the outside. Isabelle describes the scene at school with bemused accuracy--the self-important (but really not bad) English teacher, the boy that is constantly fixated on Ashley Barnum, the prettiest girl in class, and the dynamics of the lunchroom, where tables are turf in a all-eyes-open awareness of everybody's relative social position. But everything is not normal, really. Since the dealth of her father, Isabelle's family has only functioned on the surface. Her mother, who used to take care of herself, now wears only lumpy, ill-fitting clothes, cries all night, and has taken every picture of her dead husband and put them under her bed. Isabelle tries to make light of this, but the underlying tension is expressed in overeating and then binging. As the novel opens, Isabelle's little sister, April, has told their mother about Isabelle's problem. Isabelle is enrolled in group therapy. Who should show up there, too, but Ashley Barnum, the prettiest, most together girl in class.

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Original Title:	Perfect
ISBN:	1571316515 (ISBN13: 9781571316516)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature, Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2007)

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Fresh out of eighth grade, I really wanted to read this book to see how realistic it was, considering it was based around two eighth graders.Surprisingly, it was nearly exact in the way people are in middle school nowadays. The love notes from Brian may be a little farfetched (anyone who did that would be totally mortified), but hey, it just adds to the story.Isabelle Lee was caught by her sister April throwing up in the bathroom. And, no, she didnt have the flu. She was purging. So now, as part

The cover and the title of the book really caught my attention and make me want to read it. In this book it tells the story of Isabelle Lee who is basically your normal teenage girl. Just like every girl she has some issues with her body and just problems with her family. Except Isabelle's problems with her body lead her to making herself throw up and just do bad things to her body. And then there's the fact that her Father died and her Mother isn't really a mother to her anymore. Her mother

This harsh tale describes the difficulty of eating disorders and having such a strong desire to fit in. Natasha Friend explains how eating disorders aren't a choice, but rather seen as a necessity to some. Highly recommend this book.

Just finished read The Girls at 17 Swann Street which reminded of a book I read in middle school called Perfect. Considering I still remember this book over decade later, and it still haunts me I give it 5 stars.

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I retained a lot of useful information from this book. My favorite character in this book, Isabelle Lee, is a teenager who is very sensitive about her weight. She cares a lot about what people think of her and she stuffs her face with food then forces herself to throw it all up. This book is about Isabelle, her sister, and her mom and how they are struggling from the loss of their dad/husband who died from a sickness. Isabelle's mom makes Isabelle go to a support group to talk about all of her

Perfect is about eating disorders and teenage pain, and it's absolutely brilliant. This story is incredibly short and incredibly powerful. I don't know exactly why this book stands out. Maybe it's the emotional touch. Isabelle and Ashley both come off as incredibly real characters, despite the short length. The story is so raw and real, far more than many books about eating disorders. Maybe it's the reasonable, understated tone. This story is well-written and well-executed. It's ridiculously