- Paperback: 158 pages
- Publisher: Puffin (31 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0141305800
- ISBN-13: 978-0141305806
- Product Dimensions: 18.1 x 11.2 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,095,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An honest and moving account of a girl in the grip of anorexia nervosa.
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On the face of it, Leslie is a normal, healthy, well-adjusted fourteen-year-old girl. She goes to a good school, has a great friend in Cavett, and a mother who loves her to the moon and back. She should be happy, yet she’s not. She would be, she thinks, if only she were thinner. But “thinking thin” becomes a dangerous obsession and Leslie’s weight drops to five stone, threatening to destroy her and the whole fabric of her family life. Only by realizing that this condition is an illness – and one that has its roots in a deep problem – can Leslie hope to survive.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Deborah Hautzig opened her heart and poured it onto the page offering a gripping and very personal account of her journey though anorexia. It gives an interesting insight into the treatment methods she experienced. This book isn't written to give you recovery tips, although I feel as though I now have a better understanding of the illness and how very easily eating disorders can be triggered. Children are very vulnerable - they take everything to heart. This book will show you the repercussions.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a short story as it took me within two days to read and i'm a slow reader! so if you are looking for a bigger novel this probably won't saticfy you, however the acctual story was amazing! i too have,and still am suffering with a ED and everything that Leslie felt i've felt too. It was very touching and makes me greatful that i am slowly recovering! i would definatly recomend it.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book years ago when I was suffering from anorexia nervosa. It helped me to understand what was really going on in my head. I'm not completely healthy now, but every now and then I'll read Second Star to the Right and it helps me.
Everyone should read this book to try to understand.
Everyone should read this book to try to understand.
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You won't feel the same again
Short but well written, this book gives an interesting portrayal into the world of teens with eating disorders. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Hazel
To The Right
This book is brilliant, it's one of those books which will be well-thumbed in my library! Leslie's descent into anorexia is well-written; from her story as a rather lucky... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Ben
Brilliantly powerful
This is such a brilliant, heart breaking but wonderful novel! I have no idea how I can possibly do this book justice with this review.
The book starts off a little slow. Read more
The book starts off a little slow. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jo
Second Star to the Right
I did enjoy this book, but was almost put off by the slow start. The first 70/80 pages are interesting but not really linked to the featured subject of the book. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Ms. K. James
:)
It was okay.. but not the best eating disorder book I read. But I did like it. :)
Published 24 months ago by Aimee L. Daniel
a great book
one of the greatest books i have ever read. for a while i was suffering from anorexia nervosa and this book really helped me. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2005
Excellent
I really enjoyed this book.
It's about leslie a 14 year old girl, who thinks that she is fat and she starts this diet, she thought that when she was thin she would stop her diet... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2003 by Lindsey
Not fantastic but still recommended
I didn't read until the end that Deborah Hautzig wrote this a long time ago when she was much younger. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2002 by Eleanor Hurley
fantastic!!
This book is the best book in the world. I've read it a thousnd times and am still not bored with it! u should really read this.
Published on 6 May 2001
YOU JUST HAVE TO READ THIS!!!
a BREATHTAKING STORY OF A GIRL WHO LOOSES HER CONTROL AND LATER GOES ON TO FACE THE BATTLE OF HER LIFE- FIGHTING ANOREXIA NERVOSA, SHE LEARNS TO DEAL WITH THIS AND FINDS A WAY TO... Read more
Published on 21 April 2001 by SweetFuzzyPeach
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