J. J. Johnson Boeken

A girl struggling with an eating disorder realizes that 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 at the Samuel Tuke Center, 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.

Eve ist klug, unabhängig und selbstsicher und um ihr großes Ziel zu erreichen, die Zulassung zum College, auch bereit, eine große Herausforderung anzunehmen: Die Institution Schule. Denn bisher wurde Eve zu Hause unterrichtet. Sie kommt in eine für sie komplett neue Welt mit Regeln, die sie nur schwer nachvollziehen kann – und ändern möchte. Doch ihre Initiative gerät außer Kontrolle und sie ist gezwungen, sich mit der Welt zu arrangieren, die sie gerade erst anfängt zu verstehen. Und dann ist da auch noch Rajas, der es offenbar wirklich ernst mit ihr meint … J.J. Johnsons kraftvoller Debütroman regt zum Nachdenken an über Freundschaft, Regeln, Grenzen und Macht.

Evie je drukčija. Ne samo po tome kako je odgojena – to je svakako neuobičajeno – nego i po svojim stavovima. Pametna je, samostalna, samouvjerena, razmišlja svojom glavom i spremna je za potpuno novi izazov – školu. Ne, nije joj sedam godina, već je cijeli život školovana kod kuće. Neće joj dugo trebati da otkrije kako je škola potpuno novi svijet, svijet pun neočekivanih odnosa i događaja. Odjednom se suočava s novim problemima, a kako ne poznaje pravila, tako ih i ne poštuje, pa predlaže rješenja koja nisu baš uvijek dobrodošla i prihvaćena. Ona nije tip koji samo sjedi i čeka, ona uvodi promjene. Velike promjene. No kada pokrene revoluciju, svijet oko nje počet će se urušavati. Za prvijenac J. J. Johnson, u izvrsnom prijevodu Sandre Mlađenović, zalijepit će se svi čitatelji i uživati u knjizi koja na potpuno drukčiji način govori o prijateljstvu, pravilima, granicama, moći i školi.