Title: Wintergirls
Description: *“Dead girl walking,” the boys say in the halls.
“Tell us your secret,” the girls whisper, one toilet to another.
I am that girl.
I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.
I am the bones they want, wired on a porcelain frame.* 

Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in matchstick bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the skinniest. But what comes after size zero and size double-zero? When Cassie succumbs to the demons within, Lia feels she is being haunted by her friend’s restless spirit.
Subjects: Death, Juvenile Fiction, Anorexia nervosa, Fiction, Stepfamilies, Juvenile fiction, Guilt, Young women, Best friends, nyt:chapter-books=2009-04-05, New York Times bestseller, Children's fiction, Death, fiction, Eating disorders, fiction