Grade 8 Up—After the death of her former best friend Cassie, year-old Lia slowly spirals toward her own death, drowning in guilt while starving, cutting, and running on a treadmill in the middle of the night in this emotional novel (Viking, ) by Laurie Halse Anderson, winner /5(K). · 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 Brand: Penguin Young Readers Group. Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls is exactly that kind of book. This was recommended to me several months ago as part of a book club but for some reason I just didn't get around to reading it. Well I finally started it 2 days ago and when I did I didn't stop reading it until I was done/5(K).
In a world riddled with made-for-tv, paint-by-numbers eating disorder cliche, Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson separates itself from the pack. The set-up is standard: Lia is the caucasian, teenaged daughter of divorced parents. Much shock, much surprise. As the book opens, Lia is reeling from the loss of her estranged bestie, Cassie. Best known for her groundbreaking book Speak, which has become required reading for many teenage girls, Laurie Halse Anderson is also the author of several young adult and children's books, including Fever , Catalyst, and www.doorway.ru has received numerous awards for her nuanced depiction of sensitive and controversial topics. Laurie will be alternating between contemporary YA novels and historical fiction for the next decade. Right now she is trying to figure out the title of her.
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson is a novel about finding the desire to live despite emotional turmoil. The novel follows Lia Overbrook, an eighteen-year-old struggling with anorexia and self-mutilation. Lia hates her body. She hates her family. Grade 8 Up—After the death of her former best friend Cassie, year-old Lia slowly spirals toward her own death, drowning in guilt while starving, cutting, and running on a treadmill in the middle of the night in this emotional novel (Viking, ) by Laurie Halse Anderson, winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award. Copyright © Laurie Halse Anderson, All Rights Reserved LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls / by Laurie Halse Anderson. p. cm. Summary: Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend’s death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder. [1. Anorexia nervosa—Fiction. 2.
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