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 … 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.more
The writing and voice in this book is very powerful. I am incredibly impressed with Anderson’s ability to get inside girls’ heads like this and tell a story that is so difficult to tell.
I find it sad that so many girls are so affected by our society’s image of perfection. I’ve found myself lost in that battle as well. I am so glad that there …
As a Hispanic who grew up reading only textbooks, Wintergirls was an opportunity for me to fall into this world books can create. It’s one of the first books I have read, and it has left a mark within me. It is a book that impacted my life in such a way I cannot even tell. I’d read it again with no doubt.
“You’re not dead, but you’re not alive. You’re a wintergirl…”
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Book : Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. @halseanderson
. This book will breathe life into the readers. I literally mean it. Life is what this book talks about. Bulimia and Anorexia are discussed with seriousness in this wonderful read.
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Note : For anorexic patients this …
Wow. Just… Wow. I can’t even use words to describe how amazing this book is. Lia is such a relatable character to many teens and I think it is very important that people like her are represented in books, especially ones targeted towards teens and young adults. I’ve experienced a lot of what happens to Lia in the book and I don’t think I have …
Warning, this is one of those books you can’t put down and it will impact your sleep causing you to keep saying, one more chapter, one more chapter. The book was raw with emotion and very haunting The author did her research and it came through in the pages. I originally read this book to preview it for my teen daughter because I know bulimia, …
A good contemporary and issue-related book. It was quite gripping and well-written; Laurie Halse Anderson does a super job in getting the despondency of the main character across. I loved the crossing out of words as the MC censored herself, and the beginning where she was calculating the caloric intake of her food as she went about her morning. …