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Abril Es Mucho Más Que Un Mes / April Is More Than Just a Month

AUTHOR Cohen, Tamar
PUBLISHER Planeta Publishing (08/27/2024)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

Description

Una novela sobre el cuerpo: su debilidad, pero, sobre todo, su fortaleza.

Abril no quería ser flaca. Envidiaba las curvas de sus compañeras. Al final, llegó la pubertad y se fue la delgadez. Hoy, contra sus deseos, ostenta la etiqueta de gorda. Sudaderas extragrandes, comidas clandestinas y burlas de sus compañeros son su calvario.

Su madre (no lo sabe, pero su etiqueta es maléfica) le da una brillante idea: dieta rigurosa y ejercicio al límite. Resultado? Más angustia. Hasta que un día una supuesta nutrióloga le da un medicamento.

Entonces el calvario se convierte en un infierno. Abril deberá probar que puede salir de allí.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A novel about the body: its weakness, but, above all, its strength.


April didn't want to be skinny. She envied the curves of her teammates. In the end, puberty came and thinness went away. Today, against her wishes, she is labeled fat. Oversized sweatshirts, clandestine meals and taunts from his peers are his ordeal.

His mother (she doesn't know it, but her label is evil) gives him a brilliant idea: rigorous diet and extreme exercise. Result? More anguish. Until one day a supposed nutritionist gives her some medicine.

Then the ordeal turns into hell. April will have to prove that he can get out of there.

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ISBN-13: 9786070777707
ISBN-10: 6070777700
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: Spanish
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Page Count: 168
Carton Quantity: 20
Product Dimensions: 5.10 x 0.40 x 7.40 inches
Weight: 0.45 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids
Country of Origin: MX
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BISAC Categories
Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Eating Disorders & Body Image
Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Peer Pressure
Grade Level: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
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Una novela sobre el cuerpo: su debilidad, pero, sobre todo, su fortaleza.

Abril no quería ser flaca. Envidiaba las curvas de sus compañeras. Al final, llegó la pubertad y se fue la delgadez. Hoy, contra sus deseos, ostenta la etiqueta de gorda. Sudaderas extragrandes, comidas clandestinas y burlas de sus compañeros son su calvario.

Su madre (no lo sabe, pero su etiqueta es maléfica) le da una brillante idea: dieta rigurosa y ejercicio al límite. Resultado? Más angustia. Hasta que un día una supuesta nutrióloga le da un medicamento.

Entonces el calvario se convierte en un infierno. Abril deberá probar que puede salir de allí.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A novel about the body: its weakness, but, above all, its strength.


April didn't want to be skinny. She envied the curves of her teammates. In the end, puberty came and thinness went away. Today, against her wishes, she is labeled fat. Oversized sweatshirts, clandestine meals and taunts from his peers are his ordeal.

His mother (she doesn't know it, but her label is evil) gives him a brilliant idea: rigorous diet and extreme exercise. Result? More anguish. Until one day a supposed nutritionist gives her some medicine.

Then the ordeal turns into hell. April will have to prove that he can get out of there.

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