Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
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Molly Hoekstra · 2001
62/100
👎 Skip It
The subject matter — a teen's resistance to eating disorder treatment — is rare and potentially valuable in YA fiction, and the psychological angle sounds authentic. The problem is the critical record is almost nonexistent, making it hard to know whether the execution matches the intention. For a heavy topic like anorexia recovery, a book with no traceable reviews is a riskier recommendation than the subject deserves.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Candid depiction of anorexia and inpatient eating disorder treatment; parents of younger or sensitive teens should preview. We still scored it 62; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety65
substance68
craft58
originality70
accuracy58
hype55
age-fit68
human-eye55
Penny’s verdict62
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