The Program

by Charlie Lovett

Overview

A new weight-loss clinic in New York has an offer for you?give them $5,000 and they'll make you as thin as a supermodel. You can eat whatever you want and you'll never gain an ounce. Tempted? Fledgling journalist Karen Sumner would be?if only she had $5,000.

When Karen finally walks through the blue and gold doors of The Program, she's on the trail of the hottest story of her career. If she and her friends are right, The Program is doing something even worse than creating an army of unnaturally thin women.

Will they be able to stop The Program before it's too late?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150451988
Publisher:	Pearlsong Press
Publication date:	05/01/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	308 KB

About the Author

Charlie Lovett is Writer-in-Residence at Summit School in Winston-Salem, NC. His plays for children have been seen in over 2500 productions in all 50 states and more than 20 foreign countries. He is the author of more than a dozen other books, including the novels The Bookman's Tale and First Impressions and the young adult novel The Fat Lady Sings.

Editorial Reviews

A lively first novel. Highly recommended.

Library Journal

The size positive characters are heartfelt and quirky, the suspense keeps building and the bombshell on page 25 is not to be missed. Enjoy!

pre-publication review - Lynne Murray