Wintergirls

By Laurie Halse Anderson
(Speak, Paperback, 9780142415573, 288pp.)

Publication Date: February 23, 2010

Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover

Categories: Social Issues - Adolescence, Social Issues - Death & Dying, Social Issues - Friendship

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Spring '09 Kids List

“Wintergirls searches to find meaning behind the pain women hold inside themselves. Anderson gives a terrifying glimpse into a young girl's struggle with an eating disorder that grows into horrible self mutilation. Even though I found the subject scary, Anderson's insight into it was enlightening and inspiring!”

-- Sarah Hill, The River's End Bookstore, Oswego, NY

Description

The New York Times bestselling story of a friendship frozen between life and death

Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. But then Cassie suffers the ultimate loss-her life-and Lia is left behind, haunted by her friend's memory and racked with guilt for not being able to help save her. In her most powerfully moving novel since Speak, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia's struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all: hope.

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