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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.Struggling to deal with her brother's death and a past she refuses to confront, Stevie knows she has problems. But she's still furious about the fact that she's been packed off to a health clinic, in the middle of nowhere, where mobile phones are banned and communication with the outside world is strictly by permission only. The regimented and obtrusive nature of the clinic and its staff is torture to the deeply private, obstinate Stevie - and don't even get her started on the other 'inmates'. All she wants is to be left alone...But as Stevie is about to find out, life is full of surprises. And she will prove herself stronger than she knows - even when her past finally catches her up in the most shocking and brutal way possible.

Summary

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Struggling to deal with her brother's death and a past she refuses to confront, Stevie knows she has problems. The regimented and obtrusive nature of the clinic and its staff is torture to the deeply private, obstinate Stevie - and don't even get her started on the other 'inmates'.

Report

[A] captivating and realistic portrayal or living (or dying) with an eating disorder Amy McKay School Library Association

Product details

• Authors: Meg Haston, Haston Meg
• Publisher: Hot Key Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 16 to 19
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.05.2015
• EAN: 9781471404566
• ISBN: 978-1-4714-0456-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Depression, Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 13 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories