"Brilliant, intoxicating, full of drama, love and, like the best books of this kind, hope" Melvin Burgess, OBSERVER "This is necessary reading" - Booklist "A startlingly crisp and pitch-perfect first-person narrative" - SLJ "As difficult as reading this novel can be, it is even more difficult to put down" - Publishers Weekly Lia and Cassie were best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies. Now, Cassie is dead. Lia's mother is busy saving other people's lives. Her father is away on business. Her stepmother is clueless. And the voice inside Lia's head keeps telling her to remain in control, stay strong, lose more, weigh less. If she keeps on going in this way - thin, thinner; thinnest - maybe she'll disappear altogether. A heartbreaking, triumphant, hopeful story of two girls' battles with anorexia from award-winning author, Laurie Halse Anderson. A brave and moving look at anorexia from an acclaimed YA author Laurie Halse Anderson has won the ALA Best Books for Young Adults, the International Reading Association Teachers' Choice, the 2023 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and was a National Book Award and Edgar Allan Poe Award finalist Perfect for fans of GIRL IN PIECES, THE GIRLS I'VE BEEN and EUPHORIA.
| ISBN: | 9780702331343 |
| Publication date: | 4th January 2024 |
| Author: | Laurie Halse Anderson |
| Publisher: | Scholastic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health conditions Stories about Family and Friends Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health PSHE: Self-Awareness, Self-Esteem and Wellbeing PSHE: Bereavement and Grief |