More Than You Can Chew by Marnelle Tokio

We should get a room.” He grabs me and kisses me. Zack says, laughing, “I think Einstein is right. He turns, swings the tail of his board into the grill of the car, and charges down the beach and into the surf. He gives us a Cheshire grin and a big thumbs-up. The surfer sees the look in Zack’s eyes and polishes the car where the board hit it. Zack is looking at him through the windshield like the guy is an idiot. He picks up the board and searches it for dings. He sees that he’s scared me and his hands fly up in that Stop! Don’t jump! pose, which causes him to drop his surfboard on the corner of the car. Done to.Ī surfer with fuzzy cigar dreadlocks walks by and pounds his fist on the hood of the car and yells, “GET A ROOM!” Zack’s tongue and words drift in and out of my ear: “You’re perfect. It’s a great position to watch the beautiful ocean ripple and surge and stroke the sand.

Then Zack lifts me, like I weigh nothing, so I’m sitting sideways on his lap. The other hand he puts under the sweaty backs of my knees. One hand under my arm and hot like a branding iron on my ribs. “I’ll warm you up.” He pulls me across the seat. He slides his hands up the back of my T-shirt.

My mind the warden, trying to ignore the outbreak and assure the media that everything is under control. My body a prison, with a riot going on inside. Only the “hors” aren’t “moaning.” And they aren’t just raging. Zack touches my hand and releases the hounds. Sitting in Zack’s car, watching the world through the windshield.

Waves of melted glass capture the silhouette of a dolphin bodysurfing. Author BiographyĬlouds scream across the sky, turning the sun on and off like a lightbulb. Marnelle Tokio's semi autobiographical story will resonate with every teenager who faces issues of family, body image, and self-confidence. Marty's ability to find a way to live, despite the powerful lure of anorexia, is the core of this fine, insightful novel. But recognizing her need for help is only the first tenuous step on a long road to recovery. Marty is close to death when she finally asks for help and finds herself in a psychiatric institution. She may not be able to control her parents' behavior, but she can decide what she will and will not eat. Marty Black has retreated from a difficult family situation into the area she can best control, her own appetites. Winner of the Society of School Librarians International's Best Book Award Language Arts, Grades 7-12 Novels Winner of the 2005 White Pine Awards, Fiction category Selected for inclusion in the Best Books for the Teen Age 2004 List by the New York Public Library Nominated for Snow Willow Award (The Saskatchewan Young Reader's Choice Awards) Nominated for the Canadian Library Association's 2004 Young Adult Canadian Book Award More than You Can Chewhas been called aOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nestfor young adults.

More Than You Can Chew by Marnelle Tokio