Jen Petro-Roy è l'autrice del romanzo contemporaneo per ragazzi P.S. I MISS YOU. Come bibliotecaria per adolescenti, porta nella sua scrittura una profonda comprensione dell'adolescenza e delle sue sfide. Il suo lavoro esplora spesso temi di connessione, perdita e ricerca del proprio posto nel mondo, catturando le emozioni e i pensieri autentici dei giovani lettori. Petro-Roy crea storie che non sono solo avvincenti, ma risuonano anche con i complessi sentimenti dei personaggi adolescenti.
Forbidden to contact her pregnant sister after her strict Catholic parents send her to stay with a great-aunt, Evie secretly sends her letters, writing about their family, her life, and the new girl in school, June, who may be more than a friend.
By an eating disorder survivor, an inclusive nonfiction book about recovering from eating disorders and dealing with body image issues.
A young girl with an eating disorder must find the strength to recover in this moving middle-grade novel from Jen Petro-Roy Before she had an eating disorder, twelve-year-old Riley was many things: an aspiring artist, a runner, a sister, and a friend. But now, from inside the inpatient treatment center where she's receiving treatment for anorexia, it's easy to forget all of that. Especially since under the influence of her eating disorder, Riley alienated her friends, abandoned her art, turned running into something harmful, and destroyed her family's trust. If Riley wants her life back, she has to recover. Part of her wants to get better. As she goes to therapy, makes friends in the hospital, and starts to draw again, things begin to look up. But when her roommate starts to break the rules, triggering Riley's old behaviors and blackmailing her into silence, Riley realizes that recovery will be even harder than she thought. She starts to think that even if she does "recover," there's no way she'll stay recovered once she leaves the hospital and is faced with her dieting mom, the school bully, and her gymnastics-star sister. Written by an eating disorder survivor and activist, Good Enough is a realistic depiction of inpatient eating disorder treatment, and a moving story about a girl who has to fight herself to survive.