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sChoLasTiC iNDia | ADVANCE INFORMATION FOR FEBRUARY 2011<br />

Purge<br />

Sarah Darer Littman<br />

aBouT The BooK<br />

Janie Ryman hates throw<strong>in</strong>g up. So why does she b<strong>in</strong>ge<br />

eat and then stick her f<strong>in</strong>gers down her throat several<br />

times a day? That’s what the doctors and psychiatrists at<br />

Golden Slopes hope to help her dis<strong>co</strong>ver. But first Janie<br />

must survive everyday <strong>co</strong>nflicts between the Barfers<br />

and the Starvers, attempts by the head psychiatrist to<br />

fish pa<strong>in</strong>ful memories out of her emotional waters, and<br />

shift<strong>in</strong>g friendships and alliances among the kids <strong>in</strong> the<br />

ward.<br />

aBouT The auThor<br />

Sarah Darer Littman’s widely praised first novel,<br />

Confessions of a Closet Catholic, won the 2006 Sydney<br />

Taylor Book Award. She lives <strong>in</strong> Connecticut with her<br />

family.<br />

www.scholastic<strong>in</strong>dia.<strong>co</strong>m<br />

<strong>Fiction</strong><br />

ISBN: 9780545052375<br />

GENRE: <strong>Fiction</strong><br />

AGE: young adult<br />

BINDING: Paperback<br />

FORMAT: B/W<br />

PAGE EXTENT: 240pp<br />

PRICE: ` 199

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