num_pages: 158
description: Leslie Hiller is a bright, attractive, talented teenager who leads a privileged life in New York City. She is also a perfectionist. When Leslie starts to diet, she finds herself becoming obsessed, getting thinner and thinner, until she is forced to realize that her quest for perfection is killing her. First published in 1981, this groundbreaking novel has been lauded by countless librarians, educators, and teenage readers. This new edition features an afterword by the author in which she discusses her own struggle with the disease, the difficult road toward recovery, and the lasting effects on her life.
language: English
title: Second Star to the Right
titlecomplete: Second Star to the Right
genres: Fiction, Illness, Mental Health, Psychology, Teen, Young Adult, Novels, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, Mental Illness
ratings_count: 2234
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Children's Books, Fiction (Hardcover)
publisher: Puffin Books