Wintergirls

<b><i>The New York Times</i> bestselling story of a friendship frozen between life and death.</b> <p/><b>A fearless riveting account of a young woman in the grip of a deadly illness. --<i>The New York Times</i></b> <p/> Lia and Cassie are best friends wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. But then Cassie suffers the ultimate loss--her life--and Lia is left behind haunted by her friend's memory and racked with guilt for not being able to help save her. In her most powerfully moving novel since <i>Speak</i> award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia's struggle her painful path to recovery and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all: hope.