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    Amalia: Diary Two
    Amalia: Diary Two
    Amalia: Diary Two
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    Amalia: Diary Two

    By Ann M. Martin

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    From the author of The Baby-Sitters Club: Amalia will do anything to help a friend with an eating disorder, even if it means putting her own life on hold.
     
    Amalia knows Maggie’s eating disorder is becoming severe, and makes it her mission to learn all she can to get Maggie the help she needs. Amalia and Dawn try to talk to Maggie but can’t seem to get the words right. Amalia’s mom suggests that Maggie go to a therapist she knows, but Maggie will only go if Amalia goes with her.
     
    The healing process is going to be slow, and meanwhile Vanish has its first paying gig to play. Between Maggie and the band, Amalia has a lot to take care of. In fact, there’s so much to do that it seems like there’s not a lot of time left over for her own life.
     
    This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Ann M. Martin, including rare images from the author’s collection.

    Amalia: Diary Two is the 9th book in the California Diaries, which also includes Maggie: Diary Two and Ducky: Diary Two.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Media
    Release dateMar 25, 2014
    ISBN9781453298169
    Amalia: Diary Two
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    Ann M. Martin

    Ann M. Martin grew up in Princeton, New Jersey. After attending Smith College, where she studied education and psychology, she became a teacher at a small elementary school in Connecticut. Martin also worked as an editor of children’s books before she began writing full time. Martin is best known for the Baby-Sitters Club series, which has sold over one hundred seventy million copies. Her novel A Corner of the Universe won a Newbery Honor in 2003. In 1990, she cofounded the Lisa Libraries, which donates new children’s books to organizations in underserved areas. Martin lives in upstate New York with her three cats.

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      Not altogether sure why I keep this book... When I was anorexic, this book was unfortunately one of the things that helped me stay that way. But other then that, this is a good book, well-written and interesting.

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    Amalia - Ann M. Martin

    Amalia: Diary Two

    California Diaries

    Ann M. Martin

    Contents

    Wednesday 9/23

    Thursday 9/24

    Friday 9/25

    Saturday 9/26

    Sunday 9/27

    Monday 9/28

    Tuesday 9/29

    Wednesday 9/30

    Thursday 10/1

    Wednesday 10/7

    Thursday 10/8

    Friday 10/9

    Saturday 10/10

    Preview: Ducky: Diary Two

    A Personal History by Ann M. Martin

    Wednesday 9/23

    Study hall

    Nbook, you are not going to believe what magazine I have in front of me.

    Teen’zine.

    I hate Teen’zine. 99% of the articles are about guys and zits. (How to Tell Them Apart might be a truly useful piece.)

    I know, I should be doing h.work, not wandering around the periodical rack. But I’m bored.

    Anyway, my eye catches a title on the cover, right under Where Your Favorite Celebs Shop and Banish That Blemish:

    You Don’t Have an Eating

    Disorder—But Your Friend Does

    Well, maybe. I can’t help but think about Maggie.

    She is so thin, Nbook. Much thinner than when I first met her. And she doesn’t eat a thing at lunch.

    I’m leafing through the article. It’s full of headings and subheadings and testimonials from kids who have survived all these disorders.

    Extreme cases. Anorexics who have almost starved themselves to death. Bulimics who wrecked their digestive systems from throwing up too much.

    I read about binge-eating disorder (out-of-control eating), anorexia athletica (starving yourself because you’re preoccupied with exercise), night-eating syndrome (starving during the day but binge-eating at night), nocturnal sleep-related disorder (starving during the day but eating in a half-asleep, half-awake state).

    Suddenly I feel very full.

    The article’s pretty hopeful, though. It talks about successful treatment, kids who’ve gone on to lead normal lives, etc.

    Okay. What about Maggie?

    Anorexic, or just a nervous stomach?

    I don’t know.

    Bedtime

    10:30 or so

    Cut out from Teen’zine, September issue:

    How Can I Tell if My Friend Has an Eating Disorder?

    Answer yes or no.

    1. Is your friend preoccupied with food?

    2. Is she/he preoccupied with her/his appearance?

    3. Does he/she take frequent trips to the restroom?

    4. Have you noticed your friend purchasing large amounts of food that vanish quickly?

    5. Have you noticed the smell of vomit in the restroom after she/he has used it?

    Has your friend:

    6. Lost or gained a significant amount of weight?

    7. Developed a severe diet or abnormal eating habits?

    8. Remained dissatisfied with his/her weight, despite the weight loss?

    9. Become socially isolated and/or depressed?

    3, 4, and 5 came out no.

    But in this questionnaire all the eating disorders are lumped together. 3, 4, and 5 refer to bulimia (which Maggie definitely doesn’t have) and binge eating (which I’ve never seen her do).

    Every other question, Nbook, is a yes.

    So, according to this, Maggie may actually have anorexia.

    Hold it.

    Don’t jump to conclusions, Vargas.

    These magazines exaggerate.

    I can’t believe she’s that far gone.

    11:53 P.M.

    Sleepless in Palo City

    Yes, I can.

    Thursday, 9/24

    7:34 A.M.

    Me, zonked but determined

    5:01 P.M.

    You know what I wish, Nbook? I wish I knew how to talk. I mean really talk, not blabber. Express what’s on my mind, with the right words, in full sentences. The way Sunny and Dawn do. And of course the way my beloved sister, Saint Isabel the Perfect, does.

    Maybe I should just draw every-thing I want to say. Stop talking completely. Then I’d stay out of trouble.

    Today, for instance.

    Maggie and I hang out at the Vista Hills Mall. After reading that article, I’m looking at her differently than I used to. Noticing things. Like (1) She’s constantly gazing at herself in mirrors and sucking in her stomach (such as it is). (2) She changes the subject when I suggest a snack in the food court. (3) She’s being really weird about clothes.

    We’re browsing in Carswell-Hayes. I find this retro ’70s skirt—very cool, very Maggie—so I hold it up. She feels the material and makes a face. Then she says, Too clingy and turns away.

    I’m not expecting this reaction. I mean, clingy dresses are made for figures like Maggie’s. And size 4 is plenty big for her, anyway.

    This is what I mean, Nbook. She thinks she’s too fat. I’m thinking, Is this bizarre or what?

    But it’s not bizarre at all. It’s typical behavior of an anorexic. I know that from the article.

    So. Time to talk, right?

    Right.

    But I don’t want to be obvious. I figure I’ll lead into it gently. In a roundabout way.

    I talk about clothes. I talk about movies. TV. CDs. Homework.

    We have a lovely conversation. About nothing. Then we go home.

    And now I feel like a total chicken.

    Me. Loudmouthed, opinionated, honest Amalia.

    WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?

    5:21

    James is wrong with me. That’s what.

    He changed me. Made me guarded. Cautious.

    True, we didn’t go out for very long. True, I broke up with him

    when he turned into an abusive jerk.

    But you know what, Nbook? Breaking up is the wrong phrase. You don’t break. Not totally. Not when the breakee still wants to get back together. And he sends you notes and puts little

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