Hardcover, 224 pages
English language
Published June 12, 2008 by Dutton Juvenile.
Artichoke's Heart
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When she is almost sixteen years old, Rosemary decides she is sick of being overweight, mocked at school and at Heavenly Hair--her mother's beauty salon--and feeling out of control, and as she slowly loses weight, she realizes that she is able to cope with her mother's cancer, having a boyfriend for the first time, and discovering that other people's lives are not as perfect as they seem from the outside.
Subjects
- Health & Daily Living - General
- Love & Romance
- Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Juvenile Fiction / Love & Romance
- Juvenile Fiction
- Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction
- Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)