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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, the only reason this book is getting two stars is because it kept me entertained enough to keep turning the pages, but having said that, I pretty much hated this book.  I've read a lot of fat books in my day, and this is the first one where I was left completely uninspired.  There was no humor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40434142">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[     I thought this book partially illustrates the society's obsession with appearances and how it's affecting women all around the world.  <br/>     <u>Life in the Fat Lane</u> is about a teenage prom queen who seems to have it all.  Suddenly, she rapidly gains weight and tips the scale to an unbearable ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8152515">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A few years ago, one of my students borrowed this book from my pile of public library discards and loved it so much that she wrote a really touching letter to the author about how much it affected her.  I stumbled across it again and accidentally sat down and read the whole thing.  A few hours later...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80533926">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thi sbook was just okay. I was looking for a good message for YA about weight but was disappointed. The main character starts out at 115 or something and gains 100 pounds. Now while that is a drastic weight gain in 1 year, I couldn't get past the fact that this 5'7&quot; character topped out at 218 ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61380748">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've booktalked it and would put it on booklists dealing with body image. There's a mild sexual scene, but I still booktalked it to 6th graders and didn't get any complaints. It might feel a little dated to Gossip Girl readers, but there's not too many pop culture references.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was sort of sad, but very realistic. Many girls are like the characters in this book, and I enjoy reading books that have characters that are like people in the real world. So yes, good book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A tale that takes a model for home-coming queen and turns her world upside down as she experiences what it's like to be &quot;The Fat Girl&quot;. She can't explain it - she diets, she exercises and nothing works. Will her friends still want to hang out with her now that she's fat? Will her boyfriend...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44009905">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is truly amazing in the sense of learning the true reality that some teen girls deal with. The many problems that they tend to have come physically and emotionally in this case both were the ones that affected Lara. It was also a time in were she realized how life changing can be when you ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33758703">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just like many other books, this one is written about girls being overweight and fat. Many teenager novels deals with problems such as overweight, anorexia and bulimia. All these problems are where girls do anything just to lose those few pounds. People grow and increase in weight, this is natural f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23440601">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about a skinny girl who has the perfect life. She wins pageants and has the perfect bestfriend and boyfriend and family. But one day something goes wrong and she starts to gain wait abnormally. What's the cause? Read to find out.<br/><br/>Okay so this is the rundown of the author’s ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47962047">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Why can't I have a disease that makes me fat?  I didn't like that part of the book, but it's cute chick lit.  [return][return]Sixteen-year-old Lara, winner of beauty pageants and Homecoming Queen, is distressed and bewildered when she starts gaining weight and becomes overweight.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[    My life has been through pretty big changes, but not as big as THIS! Lara, the protagonist, was the one everyone wanted to be. She had the body, the friends, and The Boyfriend. All the girls wanted her petite body, and oh was her life spectacular. Even reading the newspaper about obesity bored h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23265120">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book would translate to a great &quot;after school special&quot;.. A beaty queen who weighs 118 pounds gets a rare disease that causes her to pack on 100 pounds... she now realizes that she treated people poorly before, yadda yadda.. good, quick read.. read in two days. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hmm, it was good, I mean, the parts about Lara getting this wierd metabolic disease is interesting. But it ends kind of abrubtly, leaving you to wonder a) if she loses all the weight she put on while having this disease, and b) if life gets better for her.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you want to read a book about a girl who whines throughout that she has gotten &quot;fat&quot; this is the book for you. She is 5 foot 7 inches and 118 pounds and is a beauty queen but due to a illness gains to 218 pound. As she reaches each new weight 135, 152 she says how gross she is. She hate...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21984007">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd give this book 3 1/2 stars. The idea of Lara, a popular, &quot;perfect&quot; girl who wears a size 5 &amp; competes in beauty pagents &amp; has a lot of friends getting a disease that makes her get really fat is a really good idea for a story. It tells about how Lara' starts being ashamed of herself &amp; h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21885851">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was so mad at her mother! Throughout the whole book. Someone struggling with weight gain should not have to put up with that! Lara's story is impacting and something every teen girl should read. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't really like Lara's character in the beginning. I really didn't like Jett. However, I grew to love them both. I was so happy for her in the end.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A story about a girl who has everything and then has nothing. Its out of her control and its very sad.]]></body>
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