More Than a Number

More Than a Number

<span><span>My sophomore year changed everything.</span><br /><br /><span>I dropped forty pounds after a stint in fat camp. Prior to losing weight, most of my time was spent comparing myself to my twin sister and trying to hide my cankles.</span><br /><br /><span>But losing weight made all things seem possible.</span><br /><span>Now I'm popular, vying for the hottest guy in school, and competing for a prom queen nomination. Finally, I'm getting noticed, and it's all because I dropped the pounds.</span><br /><br /><span>Everything I ever wanted is right at my fingertips.</span><br /><br /><span>If only I could lose more weight, and I'd be perfect.</span><br /><br /><span>But my friend Jake tells me I want all the wrong things. He thinks I'm already perfect.</span><br /><br /><span>Sometimes you can't see what's right in front of you. Like how I'm spiraling in a deadly game of self-acceptance. Or how, despite being my best friend's brother, Jake has always been the one to catch me when I fall.</span><br /><br /><span>Can he catch me again? Or am I too far gone?</span><br /><br /><span>If you like emotional YA, you'll fall in love with Souders' heart-wrenching novel. Like Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why and Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall, More Than a Number raises thought-provoking questions about love and acceptance, as well as the cost of beauty. </span><br /><br /><span>*Previously titled Something of Substance*</span><br /><br /><span>*Trigger Warning: This book takes a very real look at eating disorders.*</span></span>