Summary Of Wintergirls By Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson writes children’s and young adult novels. She wrote the novel Wintergirls and it was published in 2009.
The main character is Lia Overbrook, and she wants to forgive herself and move on from her best friend's death. She tries almost everything she can to forget that her friend died because she wasn’t there to help her, but others won’t let her forget. The other students at school keep reminding her that it’s her fault and makes sure she knows she should've answered her phone call to go save her, but the students also make fliers and hang them up around school to remind her everyday so Lia can’t forgive herself and blames herself everyday.
Wintergirls is the story of eighteen-year-old Lia Overbrook, who is an anorexic cutter