"Originally published in Australia in 2019 by University of Queensland Press as Sick bay"--Title page verso.

When they are selected to read speeches at their elementary school graduation, an unlikely friendship develops between two sixth-graders, one popular and one a misfit, who are facing family problems and health issues.

This diary of a bulimic girl, emphasizes the problem of eating disorders in the U.S., it outlines her success to overcome the disorder, and it helps professionals, parents and adults, and other young adults to understand how eating disorders can permeate the lifestyle of a well-meaning adolescent in an attempt to win approval and be "perfect."