Wintergirls
Title | Wintergirls PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
Publisher | Scholastic UK |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2014-03-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1407148710 |
A beautifully written and riveting look at anorexia from acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson. Cassie and Lia are best friends, and united in their quest to be thin. But when Cassie is found dead in a motel room, Lia must question whether she continues to lose weight, or choose life instead.
Elena Vanishing
Title | Elena Vanishing PDF eBook |
Author | Elena Dunkle |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2015-05-19 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 145213068X |
Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fewer calories. This is the story of a girl whose armor against anxiety becomes artillery against herself as she battles on both sides of a lose-lose war in a struggle with anorexia. Told entirely from Elena's perspective over a five-year period and cowritten with her mother, award-winning author Clare B. Dunkle, Elena's memoir is a fascinating and intimate look at a deadly disease, and a must read for anyone who knows someone suffering from an eating disorder.
Letting Ana Go
Title | Letting Ana Go PDF eBook |
Author | Anonymous |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2013-06-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442472235 |
Includes an excerpt from an upcoming anonymous diary, 'Lucy in the sky.'
Speak: The Graphic Novel
Title | Speak: The Graphic Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2018-02-06 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1466897872 |
The critically acclaimed, award-winning, modern classic Speak is now a stunning graphic novel. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless—an outcast—because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. Through her work on an art project, she is finally able to face what really happened that night: She was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. With powerful illustrations by Emily Carroll, Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak: The Graphic Novel comes alive for new audiences and fans of the classic novel. This title has Common Core connections.
Twisted
Title | Twisted PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
Publisher | Scholastic UK |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 2014-07-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1407145215 |
Gritty and hard hitting, this is thoughtful teen fiction at its finest. Seventeen-year-old Tyler is the popular boy in high school after years of being "the geek". But then Bethany - rich, blonde, beautiful - is the victim in a teenage sex scandal, and somehow Tyler is the prime suspect. Can Tyler find a way out of the mess he's in?
The Impossible Knife of Memory
Title | The Impossible Knife of Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
Publisher | Scholastic UK |
Pages | 335 |
Release | 2014-09-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1407149121 |
A searing look at the effects of post traumatic stress on soldiers and their families, seen through the eyes of teenage Hayley. Hayley is struggling to forget the past. But some memories run too deep, and soon the cracks start to show. Stunning, hard-hitting fiction from an award-winning writer.
Gem & Dixie
Title | Gem & Dixie PDF eBook |
Author | Sara Zarr |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 159 |
Release | 2017-04-04 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0062434624 |
“A story that broke my heart and put it back together again. You won’t want to let Gem and Dixie go.” —Sarah Dessen, New York Times bestselling author of Saint Anything From renowned author and National Book Award finalist Sara Zarr comes a deep, nuanced, and gorgeously written story about the complex relationship between two sisters from a broken home. Gem has never known what it is to have security. She’s never known an adult she can truly rely on. But the one constant in her life has been Dixie. Gem grew up taking care of her sister when no one else could: not their mother, whose issues make it hard for her to keep food on the table, and definitely not their father, whose intermittent presence is the only thing worse than his frequent absence. Even as Gem and Dixie have grown apart, they’ve always had each other. When their dad returns home for the first time in years and tries to insert himself back into their lives, Gem finds herself with an unexpected opportunity: three days with Dixie—on their own in Seattle and beyond. But this short trip soon becomes something more, as Gem discovers that that to save herself, she may have to sever the one bond she’s tried so hard to keep. "A complex and gripping story centered around the relationship of two sisters from a broken home. This book was so meaningful and realistic" (from the Brightly.com review, which named Gem and Dixie one of the best books of 2017).