This powerful novel begins with Cassie's death. Cassie was Lia's BFF until events (unknown to the reader) pulled them apart. Cassie was bulimic and Lia was anorexic. They weren't a good influence on each other, and things finally fell apart their senior year.
On the night that she died, Cassie called Lia 33 times. Lia didn't answer the phone and when she finally listened to the messages, Cassie's pleading voice implored her for help.
Lia is constantly battling her own mind to get down to 85lbs and as she nears her mark, she begins seeing Cassie's ghost calling her over to the other side, to death.
Will Lia be able to continue to fight and find the will to keep going? Will she be able to battle
the voice in her head and make peace with the ghosts that haunt her?
As Lia deals with the implications of cutting and starving herself, explaining how she sees herself when she looks in the mirror, the reader is drawn into the complex emotional cage in which Lia lives.
Laurie Halse Anderson's afterword is just as important to read as the story itself, and while this book is hard to read because of the intense hardships that Lia faces, it will open your eyes to some experiences that you might not normally be familiar with...
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And if this book appeals to you, you might try Rachel Cohn's novel, You Know Where to Find Me.
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