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Lia and Cassie were best friends, each facing an eating disorder. Cassie: bulimia. Lia: anorexia. Then one day JenniferLia's step momtells her that Cassie died. Cassie called Lia thirty three times, but Lia never answered. Cassie died alone in a motel room.  Through out the book, these words echo through Lia's mind, haunting her.

You follow Lia as she struggles not to eat food, striving to get the numbers on the scale lower. She knows that something is wrong with her eyes, something that makes her feel disgusted every time she looks in the mirror. Except she doesn't believe that she wants to get better. She counts calories and exercises in the middle of the night for hours, desperate to make the numbers on the scale lower. She can't let anyone find out she's gone back to her old habits. They'll lock her up again in New Seasons, and why waist money on something that doesn't even work?

As Lia struggles with the disorder, her old best friend Cassie can't leave her alone. Cassie is in her room at night, waiting for her. Once Cassie is buried, Lia believes she will finally stop seeing her. Except she shows up more and more, urging Lia on so that they can be together again. And soon Lia starts to believe that she really does want to die.

At first I was a little unsure about this book. I know that Laurie Halse Anderson is a fantastic writer, but I still felt uneasy. Wintergirls blew me away! I was so intrugied with this book, I never wanted to put it down.