Wintergirls

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Penguin, Mar 19, 2009 - Young Adult Fiction - 288 pages
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 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.
 

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Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
7
Section 3
10
Section 4
27
Section 5
44
Section 6
56
Section 7
60
Section 8
62
Section 22
176
Section 23
185
Section 24
187
Section 25
191
Section 26
196
Section 27
204
Section 28
207
Section 29
215

Section 9
68
Section 10
76
Section 11
81
Section 12
84
Section 13
90
Section 14
111
Section 15
113
Section 16
124
Section 17
129
Section 18
130
Section 19
145
Section 20
163
Section 21
175
Section 30
226
Section 31
239
Section 32
242
Section 33
245
Section 34
255
Section 35
273
Section 36
274
Section 37
278
Section 38
Section 39
Section 40
Copyright

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About the author (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.

Bibliographic information

TitleWintergirls
AuthorLaurie Halse Anderson
Editionreprint
PublisherPenguin, 2009
ISBN1101029196, 9781101029190
Length288 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Young Adult Fiction / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Cutting & Self-Harm
Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Eating Disorders & Body Image
  
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