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Wintergirls

Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Anderson, Laurie Halse
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2009.
Subjects:	Anorexia nervosa > Young adult fiction. Death > Young adult fiction.
Online Access:	Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
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Summary:	Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
Physical Description:	278 p. ; 22 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:	9780670011100 (hardcover) 067001110X (hardcover) 9780142415573
Author Notes:	Laurie Halse Anderson has received both the Margaret Edwards Award and the ALAN Award for her contributions to young adult literature. She has also been honored by the National Coalition Against Censorship in recognition of her fight to combat the censoring of literature. She is the author of the groundbreaking National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor Book Speak . She is also author of the critically acclaimed YA books Prom , Twitsted , Catalyst , Wintergirls , and The Impossible Knife of Memory . She has also authored a number of middle grade titles including The Vet Volunteers series, and the historical fiction Seeds of America Trilogy, which includes Forge , ALA Best Book for Young Adults Fever 1793 , and the National Book Award finalist and Scott O'Dell Award-winner Chains . She and her husband live in northern New York State. Follow Laurie on Twitter @halseanderson and visit her at madwomanintheforest.com.