Asking for help is only the first step.
Jennifer can't go on like this-binging, purging, starving, and all while trying to appear like she's got it all together. But when she finally confesses her secret to her parents and is hospitalized, her journey is only beginning.
As Jennifer progresses through her treatment, she learns to recognize her relationship with food, and friends, and family-and how each is healthy or unhealthy. She has to learn to trust herself and her own instincts, but that's easier than it sounds. She has to believe-after many years of being a believarexic.
Using her trademark dark humor and powerful emotion, J. J. Johnson tells an inspiring story based on her own experience when she was hospitalized for an eating disorder as a teenager. The innovative format using blank verse and prose, changes in tense and voice, and forms, workbooks, and journal entries mirror Jennifer's progress toward a healthy body and mind.
| ISBN: | 9781682638538 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2026 |
| Author: | JJ Johnson |
| Publisher: | Peachtree Teen an imprint of Candlewick Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 480 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Eating disorders and body image Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women PSHE: Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem and Wellbeing |
Asking for help is only the first step.Jennifer can't go on like this-binging, purging, starving, and all while trying to appear like she's got it all together. But when she finally confesses her secret to her parents and is hospitalized, her journey is only beginning.As Jennifer progresses through her treatment, she learns to recognize her relationship with food, and friends, and family-and how each is healthy or unhealthy.
Believarexic features in the following genres: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Eating disorders and body image, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, PSHE: Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem and Wellbeing
Paperback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. Print on Demand / Special Order.
Believarexic was written by JJ Johnson and published by Peachtree Teen an imprint of Candlewick Press
Believarexic has 480 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.