“Dead girl walking”, the boys say in the halls.“Tell us your secret”, the girls whisper, one toilet to anotherI 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 friend’s
restless spirit.Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia’s descent into the powerful vortex of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery.
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