If you told me to put two subjects- rodeos and anorexia together, I would have said it couldn't have been done. It's been done. Raesha, who lost her mother to cancer, is dealing with her father being gone as well as the new girl in town making the moves on her boyfriend. Plus, with the stress of the rodeo competition coming, she is slowly trying to get control of something, and that is her eating. She pushes away her friends; but she finds solace in being a reading buddy with the Kindergarten class. She is initially motivated by being leaner for the rodeo competition, but her devotion spirals into obsession with calories and not eating. All in all, this is a great book dealing with anorexia and how it permeates throughout a person's life and relationships.
4/5 stars
If you told me to put two subjects- rodeos and anorexia together, I would have said it couldn't have been done. It's been done. Raesha, who lost her mother to cancer, is dealing with her father being gone as well as the new girl in town making the moves on her boyfriend. Plus, with the stress of the rodeo competition coming, she is slowly trying to get control of something, and that is her eating. She pushes away her friends; but she finds solace in being a reading buddy with the Kindergarten class. She is initially motivated by being leaner for the rodeo competition, but her devotion spirals into obsession with calories and not eating. All in all, this is a great book dealing with anorexia and how it permeates throughout a person's life and relationships.
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December 2023
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