The New York Times bestselling story of a friendship frozen between life and death Lia and Cassie are best friends wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest But then Cassie suffers the ultimate loss her life and Lia is left behind haunted by her friend s memory and racked with guilt for not being able to help save her In her most powerfully moving novel since Speak award winning author Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia s struggle her painful path to recovery and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all hope…