false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255733449m/5152478.jpg 5152478 9 <em>“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.</em> 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 <em>Speak</em>, Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia’s descent into the powerful vortex of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery. 5219477 book 19 3 2009 Wintergirls total:2674|5:1032|4:1003|3:466|2:127|1:46| 2674 10870 5327 986 5 19 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 17:21:03 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 07:53:10 -0800 2008
A war with herself.

A war with food.

At 95 pounds she still feels fat. When she looks in the mirror she sees the pockets of fat hanging on her body. Everyone else is just blind. Two stays in a treatment facility hasn’t cured her; i...more...]]> 5 11 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 17:31:13 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 12:41:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 6 false false Sun Feb 01 18:42:26 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 18:46:04 -0800 2009
Though it will inevitably be compared to SPEAK, I felt like this marked a real advance in Laurie Halse Anderson's ability as a writer in comparison. That said, the main character is dissociat...more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 16:18:54 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 19:10:12 -0800 2009
I’d highly recommend this book...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 01 19:10:12 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 14 14:20:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 10 false false Thu Mar 26 14:21:48 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 14:33:00 -0700 2009 sinks her teeth into writes about eating disorders in this one. She distracts from the too-familiar story and flat characters uses lots of "clever" formatting, including numbers/tiny text/three guesses

This could have been a good book if Anderson had spent ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 06:17:12 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 07:12:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 26 05:42:46 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 05:04:42 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 05:42:46 -0800 2009 Wintergirls in the same box as Lisa bright and dark, Cut and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden along with other "gone crazy/on the way to mending" books. In this...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 24 18:22:20 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 10:45:41 -0800 2009 2 4 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 20:53:04 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 14:32:44 -0700 2009
I don't normally write reviews, but I finished the book a couple weeks ago and have been letting my thoughts simmer, unable to just forget it. Amazon seems to have eaten my review (maybe it will be posted in a couple days?). I dec...more...]]> 1 5 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 20:36:59 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 07:48:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:37:03 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 06:48:36 -0700 2009 Wintergirls deals with teenage anorexia and two girls who make a pact to see who will be the skinniest girl in school. These girls are prepared to die for being thin (<90lbs). It's terrifying and disturbing. Although it's hard for me to relate to someone who can control what they eat to 500 calor...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 12:17:34 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 12:18:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false true Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 23:54:03 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 00:00:12 -0700 2009 1 Anderson’s strength from her first novel, bestselling Speak p...more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Apr 07 17:36:09 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 00:48:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false true Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 07:29:55 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 06:04:12 -0700 2009
Part of it could be that Poe, King...more...]]> 3 5 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 11:48:20 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 09:00:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 4 false false Thu May 21 16:21:41 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 10:35:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 20:20:35 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 20:20:57 -0700 2009
Cassie was thin, too - a frozen Wintergirl throwing up everything she ate - but now Cassie is gone. She's crossed over. And Lia, she of the jutting bones and t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 21:33:04 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 10:32:25 -0800 2009
Lia's demons feel real. Their causes, heft, and results all match the pain my students breath onto paper every day. Lia happily lives with her demons, sating...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5152478