Laurie Halse Anderson is amazing! This is another book that has you on edge the entire time.
You enter the world of a Lia - a girl slowly starving herself to death. You hear her inner battle - the belief that hunger is strength. The desire to eat and the decision to stay strong. The understanding that driving requires some calories - but there is always a price to pay.
Lia is a senior who finds out that her ex-best friend, Cassie, has just died. Cassie was found alone in a motel room. Cassie had purged herself to death. She was bulemic and the wear and tear of her disease eventually killed her.
She died alone...
She called Lia over and over...
Lia ignored the calls...
Cassie is dead...
Anderson has a way of weaving a story in bits and pieces and before you know it you are embedded in the tale.
As I read this I kept debating if I really liked Lia. She had so many positives in her life, so many moments when others tried to reach out to her. But, she kept giving in to her own demons...until...
Lia's little step sister loves her, idolizes her and Lia becomes a different person with Emma. But, she crosses the line and Emma witnesses her downfall.
This is EXCELLENT!!
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