A Little More to Love

by Arlene Erlbach

Laini Olindorf is beautiful, intelligent, and slightly overweight, but Frank Gasowski seems to like her just the way she is--until his very thin ex-girlfriend comes back into his life and threatens... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553564862
• ISBN13: 9780553564860
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.1" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable holiday romance

It's hard not to like "A Little More to Love", a touching holiday story about following one's dreams, the importance of helping others, and the struggle for independence and self-acceptance. Set against the wintry festivities of Christmas in Chicago, the story is told from the point of view of overweight, insecure teen Laini Olindorf, who reacts to the constant scrutiny and criticism she receives from her wealthy, image-conscious mother by taking a part time job in a local pet boutique. Although she struggles to build a romance with her initially surly co-worker Frank Gasowski, Laini eventually learns that she cannot find love until she first learn to accept herself. This novel stands out because, unlike most of the books in the Sweet Dreams series, its characters seem like real people, not just tired teen prototypes.

Weight in Rate

Laini Olindorf is a teenage girl thats very concious of her weight, she thinks that only thin girls gets dates. In this novel by Arlene Erlbach proves that it's not true, you just have to find the person.They should love you for who you are inside and not how you look. Laini found Frank and he proved that he didn't care about anything else except as the great person she was.