The Bigger Book of Lydia — Margaret Willey

Self-conscious about her smallness, Lydia develops an obsession with size. She begins keeping a journalher Bigger Book, collecting information about getting bigger and stronger. As Lydia enters high school, she loses the journal, but not her anxiety about size and survival. Then Michelle comes into her life, fresh from an eating disorder clinic, still very ill with anorexia. Lydia and Michelle become true friends and share secrets and fears. When Lydias old Bigger Book resurfaces, both girls find healing inspiration between its yellowed pages.