Title: Lessons from a Dead Girl
Author: Jo Knowles
Rating: 5 stars!!
Ages Reccomended for: 14 and up
Lainey and Leah have been best friends since 5th grade. But Laine hates Leah with all her heart. Leah was abused and takes it out on Laine- Lainey has no real friends and lives life trailing along with Leah, being tormented the whole time with her chants and 'lessons'. The book goes through 5th-10th grade, telling all of Leah and Laine's tales, good and bad until Leah's last moments.
When Leah gets into trouble and starts cutting, she switches schools and Laine thinks she's finally been freed. But no.
Years later, finally with her first two real friends ever in Sophmore year, Lainey thinks she finally fits in. But at a party Laine finds Leah at, Leah gets drunk. She tells everyone her and Laine's secrets, all about their little lessons in the closet.
And now Leah Greene is dead.
A quick read and very much enjoyed- hard to put down!!
"This book fearlessly tells a story I haven't heard told before in the pages of YA fiction. Knowles nails the dynamics of abuse and guilt, power and shame, that permeate some childhood friendships- more, I fear, than we care to realize." -Sara Zarr, author of "Story of a Girl"
"A haunting story of a girl's journey to understanding." -Booklist
"A razor-sharp examination of friendship, abuse and secrets." - Kirkus Reviews
Author: Jo Knowles
Rating: 5 stars!!
Ages Reccomended for: 14 and up
Lainey and Leah have been best friends since 5th grade. But Laine hates Leah with all her heart. Leah was abused and takes it out on Laine- Lainey has no real friends and lives life trailing along with Leah, being tormented the whole time with her chants and 'lessons'. The book goes through 5th-10th grade, telling all of Leah and Laine's tales, good and bad until Leah's last moments.
When Leah gets into trouble and starts cutting, she switches schools and Laine thinks she's finally been freed. But no.
Years later, finally with her first two real friends ever in Sophmore year, Lainey thinks she finally fits in. But at a party Laine finds Leah at, Leah gets drunk. She tells everyone her and Laine's secrets, all about their little lessons in the closet.
And now Leah Greene is dead.
A quick read and very much enjoyed- hard to put down!!
"This book fearlessly tells a story I haven't heard told before in the pages of YA fiction. Knowles nails the dynamics of abuse and guilt, power and shame, that permeate some childhood friendships- more, I fear, than we care to realize." -Sara Zarr, author of "Story of a Girl"
"A haunting story of a girl's journey to understanding." -Booklist
"A razor-sharp examination of friendship, abuse and secrets." - Kirkus Reviews
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