Beautifully me by Noor, Nabela 

BTSB Prebound(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 679734 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.2 LG Lexile: 530 AD

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Bangladeshi Americans - Fiction Body image - Fiction Self-acceptance - Fiction Self-esteem - Fiction Family life - Fiction Muslims - Fiction

Summary: Zubi, a happy Bangladeshi girl, is excited about her first day of school, but at breakfast she is puzzled by her mother and older sister worrying about being "too big," and even at school she hears other people criticizing each other's bodies, and she starts to worry that maybe something is wrong with how she looks--until her declaration at dinner that she is on a diet makes her family realize what they have been doing wrong.

Chubby bunny by Murphy, Julie 

BTSB Prebound(Balzer + Bray, 2023)

BTSB #: 664945 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Body image - Fiction Contests - Fiction Bullies - Fiction School stories

Summary: Bunny comes from a long line of Barbaras that started with her mother and grandmother. She loves putting her hair up in "bun buns," playing with her rabbit Ralph, and eating marshmallows. But when she participates in a marshmallow eating contest at field day called "Chubby Bunny," her classmates start teasing her--and suddenly her name doesn't feel so special anymore. Bunny is determined to change the narrative, and, with a little help from another Barbara, she finds the sweetest solution.

Eat, and love yourself by Boo, Sweeney 

Paperback(Boom Box, 2020)

BTSB #: 134096 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 12-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Eating disorders - Fiction Body image - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Mindy is a young woman living with an eating disorder and trapped in a battle for her own self-worth. When she accidentally discovers something that will give her a chance to revisit her past, she thinks she has a chance to put her life back on track. But will she be able to find a way back to her present and treat herself with love and kindness at any size? In graphic novel format.

Halfway to perfect [Dyamonde Daniel Book Volume: Book 4]by Grimes, Nikki 

Paperback(Puffin, 2018)

BTSB #: 402535 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-9   
AR: 3.8 LG RC: 3.3 3-5 Lexile: 590

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Body image - Fiction Diabetes - Fiction School stories African Americans - Fiction

Summary: Despite what Dyamonde and Free say, Damaria worries that she is getting fat, until a classmate's problem with diabetes causes her to change her thoughts about body image.

How to be a girl in the world by Carter, Caela 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2020)

BTSB #: 195322 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Sexual harassment - Fiction Body image - Fiction Single-parent families - Fiction Family life - New York (State) - Brooklyn - Fiction Catholic schools - Fiction School stories Magic - Fiction Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Lydia, feeling threatened by the attention her changing body is getting from boys and men, finds a way to take control of her own skin.

My eyes are up here by Zimmermann, Laura 

Paperback(Dutton Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 982307 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 5.3 UG

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Breast - Fiction Body image - Fiction Self-acceptance - Fiction Friendship - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories

Summary: Fifteen-year-old Greer Walsh struggles with the experience of having very large breasts and feeling isolated by the unwanted attention they garner until a group of friends and a romantic interest help her regain her sense of self.

New David Espinoza by Aceves, Fred 

Paperback(HarperTeen, 2021)

BTSB #: 040843 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.8 UG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Body image - Fiction Bodybuilding - Fiction Steroids - Fiction Drug abuse - Fiction Latinos (U.S.) - Fiction Vulgarity in popular culture - Fiction

Summary: Obsessed with the idea that he is not muscular enough and tired of being bullied, David, age seventeen, begins using steroids, endangering his relationships with family and friends.

Stained by Rainfield, C. A. 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2013)

BTSB #: P02305 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Sexual abuse - Fiction Kidnapping - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Body image - Fiction Personal appearance - Fiction Birthmarks - Fiction Psychopaths - Fiction

Summary: A teenaged girl bullied for her port-wine stain must summon her personal strength to survive abduction and horrific abuse at the hands of a deranged killer.