Lasting Effects of Love & Grief

Skinny

Heart lesson #4: The unrequited heart. You can’t make anyone love you back.

Author: Ibi Kaslik
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date: 2004

Giselle and Holly, the two narrators of Skinny, are sisters still haunted by the death of their father. Giselle believes he never loved her as much as he did Holly, and this helps to fuel her deterioration from beautiful med student to struggling anorexic. Teenage Holly is a track and field star with demons of her own. With a non-linear style and two distinct voices, Skinny follows the sisters as they attempt to deal with their grief and save each other – and themselves – from self-destruction.

Recommended for: 14-17 years

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