Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Dead girl walking, the boys say in the halls. Tell us your secret, the girls whisper, one toilet to another. I am that girl. I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through. I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame. Lia and Cassie were best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies. But now Cassie is dead. Lia's mother is busy saving other people's lives. Her father is away on business. Her stepmother is clueless. And the voice inside Lia's head keeps telling her to remain in control, stay strong, lose more, weigh less. If she keeps on going this way - thin, thinner, thinnest - maybe she'll disappear altogether. In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the National Book Award finalist Speak, best-selling author Laurie Halse Anderson explores one girl's chilling descent into the all-consuming vortex of anorexia. Winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award 2009

Laurie Halse Anderson has received both the Margaret Edwards Award and the ALAN Award for her contributions to young adult literature. She has also been honored by the National Coalition Against Censorship in recognition of her fight to combat the censoring of literature. She is the author of the groundbreaking National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor Book Speak. She is also author of the critically acclaimed YA books Prom, Twitsted, Catalyst, Wintergirls, and The Impossible Knife of Memory. She has also authored a number of middle grade titles including The Vet Volunteers series, and the historical fiction Seeds of America Trilogy, which includes Forge, ALA Best Book for Young Adults Fever 1793, and the National Book Award finalist and Scott O’Dell Award-winner Chains. She and her husband live in northern New York State. Follow Laurie on Twitter @halseanderson and visit her at madwomanintheforest.com.

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ISBN 13	9780670011100
ISBN 10	067001110X
Title	Wintergirls
Author	Laurie Halse Anderson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2009-03-19
Number of pages	288
Prizes	Commended for Tayshas Reading 2010, Commended for Grand Canyon Reader Award (Teen) 2011, Commended for Indies Choice Book Awards (Young Adult) 2010, Commended for Cybils (Young Adult Fiction) 2009, Short-listed for Nutmeg Book Award (High School) 2014, Short-listed for Iowa High School Book Award 2010, Short-listed for Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers 2010, Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Young Adult) 2011, Short-listed for Colorado Blue Spruce Award 2012, Short-listed for Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2011
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