Anderson, Laurie Halse Wintergirls, 278 p. Viking (Penguin), 2009. $17.99.Language: PG-13 (20, 1 "f").
MS, HS - ESSENTIAL
Lia ignored the calls from her former best friend Cassie all night long. Now she knows that Cassie is dead - from a ruptured esophagus, a bad consequence of her bulimia. Lia is still slave to her own eating addiction and the appearances of Cassie's ghost, taunting her, doesn't make anything easier. Lia wants to do well, or at least look like she's doing well for her young stepsister, but the heartfelt desire to be the thinnest ever and the angry, self-deprecating voices in her head may win out in the end. As winter deepens, so does Lia descent into a winter girl.
Anderaon has again written a beautiful book that captures the essence of a problem. This makes everything since Speak look like a practice run.
CINDY
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