Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy: “It’s not nice when girls die.” Ten years ago Laurie Halse Anderson gifted teen readers with her first YA novel, Speak, about a girl dealing with depression following a date rape. In Wintergirls (Penguin/Viking, 2009), Anderson is as unflinching and honest in presenting Lia, who learns on page one of chapter {001.00} that an [...]
