E-audiobook
Skinny / Donna Cooner.
Summary:
Record details
- ISBN: 9781616575694 (Playaway)
- ISBN: 1616575697
- Physical Description: 1 sound media player (494 minutes) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Scholastic Audio, [2012]
- Distributor: Solon, Ohio : [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
- Copyright: ℗2012.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback."HDLIGHT"Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.Duration: 7:13:07.WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not suitable for children under 3 years.Release date supplied by publisher.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Read by Elizabeth Morton.
- System Details Note:
- Playaway Digital Audio.
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at South Central Regional Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winkler Library | PA YA F Coo (Text) | 35864002071890 | Young Adult Audio | Volume hold | Available | - |
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2012 September
A series of humiliations finally leads 15-year-old morbidly obese Ever Davies to gastric bypass surgery. Elizabeth Morton's precise and even narration doesn't call attention to itself. Her style of delivery is appropriate for a story about a girl who desperately avoids attention. While Morton gives little indication of the Texas setting in her vocal characterizations, she imbues Ever's best friend, stepsister, and other characters with personality and gives listeners insights into the ways Ever misreads people and continually defeats herself. Complicating Ever's development is Skinny, a nasty voice inside her head that she believes tells her everything other people won't say. An absorbing and timely exploration of obesity, its consequences, and how one girl manages finds her voice. A.F. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2013 April
Gr 7â10âIn her debut novel (Point, 2012), Cooner offers a fictional account of her own experience with weight-loss surgery. Ever Davies is 15 and overweightâ302 pounds on her 5 foot 6 inch frame. She's miserable, compounded by the voice in her head ("Skinny") that tells her constantly that she's is fat, ugly, and unlovable. Ever started eating after her mother died when she was ten. Now her father is remarried to a woman with two teenage daughters. Ever feels like she's living a Cinderella story, but that her prince (childhood friend Jackson) will never see past her obesity to the person she really is. The teenager has great grades, a beautiful singing voice, and a best friend in Rat, a geeky boy who has been loyal to her since elementary school. But her obesity and Skinny's vicious insults depress her. After a particularly humiliating episode at school, Ever decides that she must go through gastric bypass surgery. Skinny leads listeners through Ever's recovery and realization that a happier life is within her grasp. An interview with the author about her own struggles with obesity concludes the audiobook. Elizabeth Morton narrates, voicing Skinny with an especially evil touch that reflects the self-loathing that Ever must overcome to become truly healthy and happy. This novel will hit home with teenagers consumed with self-image, and adds another dimension to books about teens with eating disorders.âJulie Paladino, East Chapel Hill High School, NC
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