Wintergirls
by Laurie Halse Anderson
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.
In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak,
Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia’s descent into the powerful vortex
of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery. (Reading Level 4.1)