This is the title of my book for campnanorwimo
I'm wondering if i'm taking on to much of a time span because i'm tracking her from 6th to 10th grade. That's nearly 5 full school years but she doesn't write every day or anything and it is supposed to track her descent into the eating disorder. I'm also having issues with trying to make her sound like an intelligent and ambitious  6th grader but not too old because her language skills have to increase over the years.
Basically in the beginning they start 6th grade, Jenni and her best friend Sarah start cutting out sweets and start jogging and stuff. Sarah loses weight faster than Jenni and she gets frustrated, then Jenni's crush asks Sarah to the end of the year dance and Jenni refuses to talk to her and be her friend. Jenni gains a bit over the summer and then goes a bit wonky in 7th grade.
First she tries losing it the same way she did before which works but not fast enough so she asks on a forum and meets a girl named Toni who goes by skeletoni. Toni tells her to become a vegan so she does. She didn't meet her until spring. Then Sarah approaches her and tries to be friends and while Jenni long ago realized that it was petty to end their friendship over a guy (who Sarah is still dating) she wonders if they haven't grown too far apart. Jenni decides in June to try and repair her lost friendship with Sarah and come 8th grade they are best friends again.
Jenni virtually forgets about Toni, then the holidays come and she contacts Toni who tells her she's gaining because of carbs. Sarah breaks up with Bryan and sets her sights on Jenni's new crush at second semester, Peter. Sarah never dates Peter but Jenni notices he barely gives her a second glance but pays close attention to Sarah. And Jenni notices that Sarah has lost some more weight and she has not lost much.
She complains to Toni who doesn't reply for months then tells her sorry, she was in treatment till insurance ran out. She tells Jenni she's ready and introduces her to the world of pro-ana which Jenni initially rejects but after a bit gets sucked into it. She spends the summer in Italy at her grandparents and manages not to gain anything then starts 9th grade.
A girl on the pro-ana site calls her "wannarexic" and she gets upset and starts skipping meals and drops weight. A boy asks her to hang out and she starts dating him. Her parents don't notice or check up on her because they are busy with work and her siblings and etc. and she passes out on the last day of school after a week long juice fast.
She is admitted to a treatment program and gains some weight but mostly tricks them into letting her graduate to outpatient on her 15th birthday. She follows the rules at home til 10th grade starts then the story ends with her missing the bus deliberately, running to school, purging breakfast at a gas station, throwing her lunch away at the gas station too, and saying how she feels best empty and perfect and weightless and running.
so is that too much for 1 book?
Also, please don't steal my story just cause I posted it here. I really want to be a published author and I'm going to try to publish this.
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