ABOUT THIS BOOK

Beauty pageant winner, homecoming queen--Lara has the world at her feet.  Until she gets fat.

Despite a strict diet and workout schedule, Lara is soon a nameless, faceless, 200-pound-plus teenage blimp.  She's desperate to get her to-die-for body back--and to find an explanation for her rapid weight gain.

When she's diagnosed with a mysterious metabolic disorder that has no known cure, Lara fears she'll spend the rest of her life trapped in a fat suit.  Who will stand by her?  Her image-conscious family?  Her shallow friends?  Her handsome boyfriend?  Or will she be left alone in the land of the fat girls?


REVIEWS

Praise for Life in the Fat Lane:

"...the author lays out the issues with unusual clarity, sharp insight, and cutting irony."
--Kirkus Reviews, Pointer

"...the author is on target with her estimation of how greatly readers will share Lara'a horror at her plight.  .  .  she is sure to hit a nerve."
--Publishers Weekly


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cherie Bennett has written many novels for young people, for TV (Smallville), and is an award-winning playwright. She lives in Los Angeles with her son and her husband, Jeff Gottesfeld, who collaborated with her on A Heart Divided, and their son.


From the Hardcover edition.


AWARDS

WINNER 2001 - ALA Best Books for Young Adults
WINNER 2000 - Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List