Picture Me
When a well-meaning English teacher has overweight student Krista read aloud a poem about body image titled "Barbie Doll" in class, she ignites a simmering bullying event based on Krista's appearance. Krista's best friend, and witness to the event, Tessa, is suspended for fighting to defend her...
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When a well-meaning English teacher has overweight student Krista read aloud a poem about body image titled "Barbie Doll" in class, she ignites a simmering bullying event based on Krista's appearance. Krista's best friend, and witness to the event, Tessa, is suspended for fighting to defend her friend. The girl who bullies Krista seems unaffected by the incident at school and more concerned with what an older guy thinks of her. But as the three characters' paths intersect, their inner lives are revealed. Each emerges as a much more complicated individual than their simple bully, target, and witness labels.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781459405097 (1459405099)
Publish date: March 1st 2014
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Pages no: 159
Edition language: English
As an overweight girl who dealt with body image issues all through school (though I was never bullied because of my weight), I was really excited to read this book. It seems to me that a lot of books about eating disorders or diet pill addictions are about girls who are already “skinny”, by definiti...
As a victim of bullying (though thankfully not as severe as it could have been and is/was for many people), and someone who has been overweight most of her life, stories about bullying and body image are very important to me. Reading the description, I wanted to know more about Krista, Tessa, and ev...
I have so much to say about Picture Me, but I can barely be bothered. It is simply not worth it.It was a disappointment. A huge disappointment. The idea behind it is great: Krista, the overweight girl who is bullied into a fanatic state of refusing to eat and (literally) overdosing on diet pills, Te...
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