The book Shrink To Fit by Dona Sarkar is about a girl named Leah and her quest ton fit into a size 0. Leah at first have happy being a healthy 200 lbs, also being the star player on her high school girls basketball school.when she see her best friend Shazan, a perky, skinny cheerleader taking diet pills, she thinks it is okay for her to take a few since her and her mother want to be on the cover of Jade magazine. Leah then decides to cut off eating all the food that she thinks makes her gains weight.Then Leah decides to take long runs and eats salad everyday with water. Then when Leah other best friend Jay, who Leah happens to have a crush on see her weight loss, he offers to help her lose weight. that totally makes Leah fall apart because her best friend who is also the love of her life thinks she is fat. Then when Shazan go into the hospital because of a heart attack because of the diet pills. Jay figures out that Leah has the same problems that Shazan has but she is not as worst. then in the middle of the girls basketball team championships. Leah breaks two ribs because of the amount of weight she loss. then Shazan dies from another heart attack and Leah finally realizes that she is anorexic and bulimic. so she starts to eats so she could leave the hospital.
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