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I finished Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson a few weeks ago. I wasn't sure I'd like it but it was recommended to my by a teen-aged friend and I must admit, I got caught up in the story.
Here's a little blurb about it:
Most recently, I finished Genie, by Russ Rymer. It was extremely interesting and educational, not just the life of this unfortunate child but also how we acquire language.
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Here's a little blurb about it:
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.
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 friends restless spirit.
In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lias descent into the powerful vortex of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery.
Most recently, I finished Genie, by Russ Rymer. It was extremely interesting and educational, not just the life of this unfortunate child but also how we acquire language.
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