Friday, March 20, 2009

The Best Little Girl in the World

The Best Little Girl in the World
By: Steven Levenkron



Casey Powell is a young 17 year old girl, whose friends all are stuck on dieting and staying fit and healthy for their ballet class, while Casey doesn’t really worry about it. But one day, Casey’s ballet teacher tells her that she would be an excellent ballet dancer if she just dropped some weight. Casey really starts thinking about that especially when her friends laugh at her about her weight and her food choices. Casey decides that she will eat less and loose weight which leads to her becoming anorexic and bulimia. She now names herself Kessa. As you read this book you will see the troubles that she goes through and the help that she gets, but doesn’t want. When I started to read this book, I couldn’t put it down. I recommend this book for eighth graders and up only. It’s a really great book to read if you like drama.

-A. Houston