Wintergirls

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

Published March 19th 2009 by Viking Books for Young Readers

Category: Biography

Pages: 278 pages

ISBN: 9780670011100

Description:
ÒDead girl walking,Ó the boys say in the halls.
ÒTell us your secret,Ó 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 friendÕs restless spirit.