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Fry, Erin. LOSING IT New York : Amazon Children’s Pub., 2012 IL 5-8, RL 5.0 ISBN 0761462201 Bennett loves baseball, not playing it, watching it with his Dad while they snack. He and his dad have been spending most of their free time together since mom died, with the exception of his friend P.G. School is a kinda tense for Bennett, since he’s a liiiiittle overweight…all right, a lot overweight. He is so heavy getting up off the couch leaves him drowning in sweat. He gets a donut-shaped sweat ring ON his middle, the hole being the hollow of his navel. When Dad has a major stroke, Bennett is left in the clutches of his mom’s sister, his Aunt Laura, a complete health freak.Fortunately for Bennett, his aunt leaves him in his regular school, so some things remain familiar, especially since everything else in his life has changed: his residence, family expectations, and particularly his lifestyle. Aunt Laura expects him to eat healthily and exercise – something sorely lacking in his life since his mom’s passing. After discovering he may like being outside to walk or run, he joins the cross-country team, alienating P.G. He finds a new camaraderie on the track team – skinny kids are necessarily fast! – but worries about losing his former identity as his health gradually improves.Losing It has great pacing, drawing the reader in to Bennett’s worries about his family, friends, sports, and possible first girlfriend. While the book revolves around a boy’s battle with health and friends, I loved finding a great sports book about something other than the big 3 – football, basketball, & baseball. I love that we have a “sports book” on a sport which is inclusive – everybody gets to run. How nice to have a sports book about a different sport… (New Hampshire Isinglass Teen Book Award, 2014)
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