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5.0 out of 5 stars I Can't Wait For the Rest of the Series, 25 Jan 2012

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This review is from: Maggie Goes on a Diet (Hardcover)

This is such a great start to what can only be a GREAT series of books:

"Maggie Buys Counterfeit Engergy-Enhancing Pharmaceuticals from India"
"Maggie's First Bulimic Experience"
"Maggie Goes to an Anorexia Clinic"

Can't wait for more!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't she just be healthier and not a soccer star?, 27 Dec 2011

By lifelong dancer - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Maggie Goes on a Diet (Hardcover)

Putting the pressure on girls that not only must they lose weight, but also they must become extremely popular super-heroines (e.g., soccer stars)after they slim down is the wrong approach. Their own health and well-being should be the ONLY issue; happiness, popularity, success, and any other issues are NOT required. It's like those stories of dogs who receive the love and appreciation they deserve and need only after they become heroes or heroines by rescuing a child from a fire or some such thing, rather than for being the loving and protective companions that they innately are.

It is true that overweight children of both genders suffer from social abuse and rejection, but so do overly thin ones, kids with eyeglasses, gay kids, children from any kind of unusual families, different skin colors, and any number of other meaningless and cruel reasons. Whether they can change any of these or not, there will always be "stars," ordinary people, and "losers." As almost everyone knows, even slender people can be lacking in self-confidence and social comfort.

Losing weight is seldom the answer to the array of social and family issues that this book claims that it is; lovely for the girl if she always wanted to succeed in something that was helped by her losing weight -- but have you noticed how it is always portrayed as "losing weight," and never "gaining health" (or "losing virginity" & not "gaining sexuality"?

Every woman who has been on a diet, or several, knows that "diets" do not work in the long run; only lifestyle changes and wholesome eating patterns, not rigid diets, do. In fact, most mainstream "diets" include wheat and dairy products, which are extremely harmful to many of us.

The only redeeming quality of this book is that is does show that a girl can exercise some personal power over her own life, and that, I agree, is good.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Are you kidding?, 5 Dec 2011

By Wicked - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Maggie Goes on a Diet (Hardcover)

A young girl goes on a "diet" and you think this is okay? She gets thin and is suddenly the star of the team and has tons of friends. This is the message we are sending to our girls? If you are skinny....you are now perfect,popular and will get friends. It wouldn't have been so bad if Maggie had a friend before she got thin but to be made the butt of bullies? And this piece of drivel was written by an adult! If it had been Maggie Gets Healthy (along with a good friend) it wouldn't have been as sick. I have young girls in my family and NONE of them will be allowed to read this book! This book motivated the child of another reviewer? Her Mother should have done that in a manner that would be healthy and not from a book written by an adult male!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful Educational Tool, 2 Dec 2011

By amy - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Maggie Goes on a Diet (Hardcover)

Maggie Goes On A Diet has long been a quest of mine...to read. As a consultant on Sizism and teacher reading the discussion threads was quite discouraging. I decided to decide on my own. I ordered the book and read it. I was amazed at the difference between the discussion threads and the reaction of my 6th grade students to the book. We followed a close lesson plan that I created centered on the book. Many students expressed things such as "...this book is inspiring, Maggie is a hero!." to "Hmmm, I think he is trying to say you need to be thin to be popular and I don't agree." to "The book is showing you if you want to lose weight you can, if you don't want to that is your choice too." Very balanced views. With the issues of diversity facing all educators from K-University, I believe this book is a great resource for educators looking to have some literature that deals with the issue of childhood obesity. The children do not see all of the negatives that the discussion comments point out. They were inspired on their own. It is my job as an educator to answer questions fully and to have a classroom that encourages this discussion. I suppose we might call it our hidden curriculum which should be implicit. I do not believe children should lose weight to "be" anything. Through education, parental support, and community support children in most things should have choice. Forcing children to "feel" a certain a way they do not "feel" is a dangerous thing. My purpose in using the book was for children to make connections, express opinons, and examine beliefs with this book we have done that. Bravo on taking a huge risk Mr.Kramer. With much chagrin I must move on to a Poetry unit the children are begging to continue our conversations about Maggie. Maybe we will see her in another book a cook book for children perhaps?

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