Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Walker & Company
Pages
244
Description
After the death of their father, two sisters struggle with various issues, including their family history, personal relationships, and an extreme eating disorder.
Description
Holly's older sister, Giselle, is self-destructing. Haunted by her love-deprived relationship with her late father, this once strong role model and medical student is gripped by anorexia. Holly, a track star, struggles to keep her own life in balance while coping with the mental and physical deterioration of her beloved sister. Together, they can feel themselves slipping and are holding on for dear life.
This honest look at the special bond between sisters is told from the perspective of both girls, as they alternate narrating each chapter. Gritty and often wryly funny, Skinny explores family relationships, love, pain, and the hunger for acceptance that drives all of us.
This honest look at the special bond between sisters is told from the perspective of both girls, as they alternate narrating each chapter. Gritty and often wryly funny, Skinny explores family relationships, love, pain, and the hunger for acceptance that drives all of us.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2004
Physical description
244 p.; 8.25 inches
ISBN
0802797385 / 9780802797384
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LibraryThing member nch05
The ending was kind of disapointing because I thought that it was an easy way out for the author to kill the main character, but the rest of the book was a wonderful display of the isolation that goes on through anorxia.
LibraryThing member kaburns
There are many stories about anorexia. This is not one of the betterb ones. Some of the characterizations were difficult to accept in realistic fiction.
LibraryThing member morganmeranda
Im reviewing Skinny by Ibi Kaslik. I chose to read this book because a freind had read it and commented that it was a pretty good book (which it was). The charicters were very realistic, the writing was creative, and the story was very beleivable and sad.
Skinny is about a girl named Giselle who is
Over all this book was really good (other than the end, it was sad) and it met my expectations. i might even end up reading it again
Skinny is about a girl named Giselle who is
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an anarexic, it also tells Giselle's sister, Holly's, side of the story. Giselle is sent to the hospital from her college campous due to her serious condition. She slowly recovers and helps with patients at a nearby mental hospital. giselle starts doing normal things and going out to eat, things like that. but when she dumps her boyfriend she stops eating again and is put in the hospital for a second time. She goes out side while it was raining one day without anyone noing and she is diagnosed with pnemonia the nest day. Since her body is so weak she ends up dying from this.Over all this book was really good (other than the end, it was sad) and it met my expectations. i might even end up reading it again
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LibraryThing member edspicer
It's really informational and tells about a girl with anorexia. It sounded interesting. AHS/AS
LibraryThing member ediedoll
A fast paced book for teens about a young girl's descent into anorexia, told from alternating points of view of the sufferer and her sister.
I liked the structure of this novel, and also the family dynamic displayed. The characters were well developed, and their interactions were believable. I
I liked the structure of this novel, and also the family dynamic displayed. The characters were well developed, and their interactions were believable. I
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would recommend this to teens, and adults that are interested in eating disorders or adolescent development. Show Less
LibraryThing member kissmeimgone
An excellent, well written and shocking story, from the very first page I wasn't able to put this book down for long. Told from two point of views, were thrust into a world of two sisters, Giselle and Holly. They lost their dad when they were young and their home life hasn't been the same since.
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Holly, a junior high student who's deaf in her left ear, is athletic and was her dads "favorite." And Holly's sister, Giselle, is a smart 22 year old in medical school to become a doctor, who, because of her anorexia becoming so severe, has to stop going to medical school after a year of attending. As their world falls apart because of Giselle's struggles with her inner self, the writer tells an ending to this story, that while I knew was possible, I had hoped the whole time I was reading, for a different outcome. A heart wrenching tale of what it means to be broken, I definitely recommend this book. Show Less
LibraryThing member br13maoro
In the book “Skinny” by Ibi Kaslik, twenty year old Giselle is a medical student and is battling anorexia. With the odd relationship with her dead father ,Giselle is determined to find the mystery of her parent’s love that soon affected her life. On the other hand her 8th grade sister Holly
This novel by Ibi Kaslik is so realistic and heart felt. I enjoyed how their were two protagonists who got to share their feelings toward the plot by alternating chapters. It made the book less boring. I also liked the whole plot of the story. Picking a topic about a disease that is so popular yet doesn't get much attention. It shows the effect of their families and friends during this time. There wasn’t a lot of surprising scenes in the book, but considering it was so realistic it didn’t need them. Overall i enjoyed this New York Times Bestseller book and look forward to reading more of Kaslik’s novels!
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is a track star who shares a special relationship with her father. She struggles academically in school, especially math,considering she is half deaf, but she still stays strong while her older sister undergoes anorexia. This novel shows how a disease cannot only affect the person that has it but their family and friends too. This novel consists of alternating perspectives from both Giselle and Holly as they tell their story of their hard life during this time. This novel by Ibi Kaslik is so realistic and heart felt. I enjoyed how their were two protagonists who got to share their feelings toward the plot by alternating chapters. It made the book less boring. I also liked the whole plot of the story. Picking a topic about a disease that is so popular yet doesn't get much attention. It shows the effect of their families and friends during this time. There wasn’t a lot of surprising scenes in the book, but considering it was so realistic it didn’t need them. Overall i enjoyed this New York Times Bestseller book and look forward to reading more of Kaslik’s novels!
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LibraryThing member rgraf1
This book is about a girl called Holly . She has an older sister called Giselle who suffers from anorexia. Holly struggles a lot with her sisters disease and the whole thing develops into a tapestry of a whole family. The chapters rotate between the voices of Holly and Giselle, which makes the
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story very interesting and authentic. It's a perfect book for young girls (and boys) and it's definitely worth reading! Show Less
LibraryThing member KimJD
From November 2006 SLJ
In her first year of med school, twenty-two-year-old Giselle Vasco seems to have it all together. But a lifetime of bitter relations with her deceased father is slowly catching up, and she falls into a downward spiral that her mother and her younger sister Holly are powerless
In her first year of med school, twenty-two-year-old Giselle Vasco seems to have it all together. But a lifetime of bitter relations with her deceased father is slowly catching up, and she falls into a downward spiral that her mother and her younger sister Holly are powerless
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to stop. Skinny, though, is much more than a study of one young woman’s battle with anorexia. What starts as the story of Giselle quickly develops into a rich and powerful tapestry of a whole family. When Thomas and Vesla Vasco emigrated from Hungary in the 1970s to escape communism’s rigid caste system, Vesla was already pregnant, and Thomas always had questions about whether the baby is his. His doubts color his whole relationship with his oldest daughter, and when Holly is born 8 years later, the divide becomes more apparent. Holly, a natural athlete who revels in her strength and her appetites, struggles to understand and avert her sister’s self-loathing. The chapters alternate between the voices of Giselle and Holly, and the ability to see the events unfolding through the eyes of both sisters adds a depth and a poignancy that would not have been possible with a single narrator. Ibi Kaslik’s first novel hits the mark with characters with whom teens will empathize, and tackles a relevant and painful subject with grace. A first purchase for high schools seeking fiction that frankly addresses eating disorders. Show Less
LibraryThing member br13alsu
Skinny by Ibi Kaslik is about a girl, Giselle, who becomes obsessed with self destruction and anorexia. It is told by her younger sister’s view, who is much different than Giselle. I dropped the book because it flip flopped between their lives and became too complicated for me to follow. I
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didn’t like how they portrayed the disease of anorexia, they showed it as something that is very easy to get over and it only is shown in social situations which I don’t think is true. I do not recommend this book. Show Less
LibraryThing member tealightful
This book is so bad on many levels. The writing is really lackluster and disjointed, the editing is non-existent. The use of different sized fonts was excessive and unnecessary (especially in the case of the ampersand being in some fancy script font and twice as big as needed).
I feel like the plot
And this author needs to seriously get a proofreader/editor to prevent random numbers appearing in the text "wh7en", "hate.0" and things like "uself".
Big, giant thumbs down.
I feel like the plot
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has potential, maybe, in the most rudimentary form of it. And this author needs to seriously get a proofreader/editor to prevent random numbers appearing in the text "wh7en", "hate.0" and things like "uself".
Big, giant thumbs down.
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LibraryThing member GrytaJME
Don't misunderstand this novel: It's not about anorexia. It's about two sisters and how they related to their father. Also one of them happens to be anorexic. It's also just poorly written. About halfway through I found the need to check if it was self-published. (It wasn't.)
LibraryThing member GrytaJME
Don't misunderstand this novel: It's not about anorexia. It's about two sisters and how they related to their father. Also one of them happens to be anorexic. It's also just poorly written. About halfway through I found the need to check if it was self-published. (It wasn't.)
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Awards
Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award (Shortlist — 2005)
Amazon.ca First Novel Award (Shortlist — 2004)
Call number
YA A Kas