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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Trailer Tuesday: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Title: Wintergirls
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Description: 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 friends restless spirit.

In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lias descent into the powerful vortex of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery.



I've read many reviews that this is an amazing book. I hope I would get a chance to pick it up one day.

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4 comments:

Thao said...

Love the trailer, and the book too. You should read it soon.

Unknown said...

i really, really need to read this one! great trailer :)

Diana Dang said...

Same! : D

Lol, a lil bit on the creepy side huh?

The Book Resort said...

This freaks me the heck out! I have the book but... am putting it off 4 now!