Toxic
Published on 7. July 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
322 pages
978-1-912979-89-9 (ISBN)
Description
Llewella has straight-A grades, a lead in the school play, a prefect badge, a successful blog and a comfortable life. Despite this, she feels like a brown, chubby square peg at a school full of thin, white girls. She's never had a best friend. Could the new student at sixth form - glamorous, streetwise Aretha - be the one?
Llewella and Aretha get tight, quick. Before long, Llewella is following a diet Aretha has designed for her and has abandoned her own passions to dive headfirst into Aretha's world. She's determined to be the most loyal, greatest friend she can be, even when Aretha says and does things which make her feel the opposite of great. Even when the anxiety disorder she thought was cured starts to re-emerge.
Isn't that how friendships work?
Llewella and Aretha get tight, quick. Before long, Llewella is following a diet Aretha has designed for her and has abandoned her own passions to dive headfirst into Aretha's world. She's determined to be the most loyal, greatest friend she can be, even when Aretha says and does things which make her feel the opposite of great. Even when the anxiety disorder she thought was cured starts to re-emerge.
Isn't that how friendships work?
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Fox & Ink Books
Target group
Young adult
Reading Age: From 14 to 21 years, Interest Age: From 14 to 21 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
274 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912979-89-9 (9781912979899)
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Natasha Devon MBE is a writer & activist. She tours schools, colleges, universities and events throughout the world, delivering talks as well as conducting research on mental health, body image, gender and social equality.
Natasha is founder of the Mental Health Media Charter. She is a Trustee of Student Minds, a Patron for No Panic, an Ambassador for The Reading Agency and a member of the Men & Boys Coalition.
Natasha is founder of the Mental Health Media Charter. She is a Trustee of Student Minds, a Patron for No Panic, an Ambassador for The Reading Agency and a member of the Men & Boys Coalition.