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Original Title: | Wintergirls |
ISBN: | 067001110X (ISBN13: 9780670011100) |
Edition Language: | English |
Setting: | New Hampshire(United States) |
Literary Awards: | Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (2009), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2011), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award (2010), Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award Nominee (2010), Iowa High School Book Award Nominee (2011) Lincoln Award Nominee (2014), Cybils Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2009), Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser for Cover (2011), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2009), Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera independiente (2010) |
Laurie Halse Anderson
Hardcover | Pages: 278 pages Rating: 3.98 | 104754 Users | 8863 Reviews
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“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 are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friend’s restless spirit.
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Title | : | Wintergirls |
Author | : | Laurie Halse Anderson |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 278 pages |
Published | : | March 19th 2009 by Viking Books for Young Readers |
Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. Contemporary. Realistic Fiction. Health. Mental Health |
Rating Containing Books Wintergirls
Ratings: 3.98 From 104754 Users | 8863 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books Wintergirls
ariel says everyone loves this book, and that's probably true, these girls today are probably super-drawn to this kind of story. it's not bad, i just already have a favorite teen-problem-novel about anorexia, one that doesn't have the voice of this narrator, who was so immersed in her dreamworld, she frequently spoke in this forced-poetic voice that i found distracting: "used to be that my whole body was my canvas - hot cuts lick my ribs, ladder rungs climbing my arms, thick milkweed stalksOverall I have a feeling this book would be frustrating and disturbing for those who know nothing of disordered eating; and for those with disordered eating, I think it would be very triggering. So really, I wouldnt recommend Wintergirls to anyone.
Rating: 4.0/5.0Genre:Contemporary + Young AdultSynopsis: Lia and Cassie are best friends who struggle with anorexia. One day Cassie is found dead in a motel room. She tried to contact Lia many times to say sorry after their break up, but Lia never answered her that day for the horrible things she said to her. When Lia finds that her friend is no more she will struggle a lot to choose between life and death.Book Structure:The book is 278 pages. There are 65 chapters and most are short and can be
Wintergirls is an interesting book. I've found since reading Hunger for Life and Worthy of Love this year that there are some books on the subject of eating disorders which don't talk down to readers but instead help them to truly understand the struggles of a person going through these things, and Wintergirls, along with the latter two mentioned titles, is definitely one of those which I would consider one of the best in this small but important subgenre. This is a book which really looks into
I was lucky enough to get an early copy of this book, as Laurie and I share a publisher. It is so, so good. The voice is unique, the style like a puzzle and a poem, all at once. Highly recommended. I think it will be HUGE with teenage girls.
WOW. Laurie Halse Anderson knows how to write a good and powerful book!
That was emotional and terrible and intense...and cold. It didn't help that I'm literally FREEZING right now (it's winter! I'm cold!) and this book was...it was like reading about a self-destructing snowflake. I always find it intense and confronting to read about eating disorders. I put off this book forever, but I really loved Laurie Halse Anderson's The Impossible Knife of Memory and I knew I needed to read more of her masterpieces. SO I WAS BRAVE. I READ THIS. It definitely affected me. This
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