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Light Enough to Float
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  • Published: 2 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593700167
  • Imprint: Rocky Pond Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $22.99

Light Enough to Float

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Paperback
2 June 2026
EBook
8 Oct 2024
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8 Oct 2024
Hardback
5 Nov 2024
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Deeply moving and authentic, this debut novel in verse—winner of a Schneider Family Book Award Honor—follows teenage Evie through her eating disorder treatment and recovery―a perfect choice for readers of Louder Than Hunger and Wintergirls.

Deeply moving and authentic, this debut novel in verse—winner of a Schneider Family Book Award Honor—follows teenage Evie through her eating disorder treatment and recovery―a perfect choice for readers of Louder Than Hunger and Wintergirls.

Evie has just barely acknowledged that she has an eating disorder when she’s admitted to an inpatient treatment facility. Now her days are filled with calorie loading, therapy sessions, and longing—for home, for control, and for the time before her troubles began. As the winter of her treatment goes on, she gradually begins to face her fears and to love herself again, with the help of caregivers and of peers who are fighting their own disordered-eating battles.

This insightful, beautiful novel will touch every reader and offer hope and understanding to those who need it most.
  • Published: 2 June 2026
  • ISBN: 9780593700167
  • Imprint: Rocky Pond Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $22.99
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Praise for Light Enough to Float


Praise for Light Enough to Float
Schneider Family Book Award Honor Winner
"Skillfully crafted . . . A realistically complex yet hopeful account of eating disorder treatment." —Kirkus Review
"An emotionally complex novel that that will linger in readers' minds."—Booklist
"The tone and tempo of this verse novel tracks with Evie’s journey toward healing. Spare, hyper focused, and compulsive at first, the cadence moving with a staccato franticness; as she comes to terms with her diagnosis and treatment, eventually a steadiness—fragile, to be sure—threads through the text. . . . A smart acknowledgment of the effect that social media has on disordered eating."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books


Praise for Light Enough to Float
Schneider Family Book Award Honor Winner
"Skillfully crafted . . . A realistically complex yet hopeful account of eating disorder treatment." —Kirkus Review
"An emotionally complex novel that that will linger in readers' minds."—Booklist
"The tone and tempo of this verse novel tracks with Evie’s journey toward healing. Spare, hyper focused, and compulsive at first, the cadence moving with a staccato franticness; as she comes to terms with her diagnosis and treatment, eventually a steadiness—fragile, to be sure—threads through the text. . . . A smart acknowledgment of the effect that social media has on disordered eating."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books