Wintergirls

Title: Wintergirls
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Genre: Contemporary Realistic Fiction

You would like this book if:

• You are interested in learning about eating disorders.
• You like books that are unlike any other you've seen.
• You like books that share and express a lot of many strong emotions.
• You enjoyed other books by Laurie Halse Anderson (Chains, Speak, etc.)

You wouldn't like this book if:

• You like books with many male characters. 
• You like upbeat, positive books.

Cassie and Lia have always been best friends until their secret drove them apart.  Despite their arguments, Cassie calls Lia 33 times the night she commits suicide; Lia never answered.  Their secret pact, to always be skinnier than the other person, drives both of them into a spiral of scarily unhealthy eating disorders.  Lia has to learn to deal with her own ghosts and the text of the novel, containing words and phrases that are crossed out, italicized, and even shrunk, gives a visual of the clouds of winter Lia endures every day.
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