Anna Begins by Jennifer Davenport

ISBN 978-0930773-837-




 

Anna Begins is a Young Adult story about a girl in her senior year in high school who has an eating disorder, a boy friend who is suicidal, and a mother who would like her to be someone different. The milieu is composed of teenagers who are unsure of themselves and of their future. Eventually Anna accepts herself for the person she is, her boy friend does not kill himself, and Anna's mother becomes more accepting as well.

Reviews

Voice of Youth  Advocates (VOYA) August 2008

Anna Begins is a Young Adult story about a girl in her senior year in high school who has an eating disorder, a boy friend who is suicidal, and a mother who would like her to be someone different. The milieu is composed of teenagers who are unsure of themselves and of their future. Eventually Anna accepts herself for the person she is, her boy friend does not kill himself, and Anna's mother becomes more accepting as well.Anna Begins is a Young Adult story about a girl in her senior year in high school who has an eating disorder, a boy friend who is suicidal, and a mother who would like her to be someone different. The milieu is composed of teenagers who are unsure of themselves and of their future. Eventually Anna accepts herself for the person she is, her boy friend does not kill himself, and Anna's mother becomes more accepting as well.