I'm including a few extra links that I felt were important to understand Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls. A few of the links are "Pro-Ana" websites. Please keep in mind that I am in no way endorsing this behavior, in fact I am very much discouraging it. However, I believe, that as teachers it is important to see what is out there that our students could get a hold of. Knowing what we are up against is one way to be prepared. I also encourage you (if you have a Pinterest account) to log in and search for "Thinspiration." A part of you will be amazed. I am also including a link to the Scholastics website with a complete list of Anderson's books with reading level. Besides that I will post a link to a poem from a Poetry Slam that I feel is very relevant to the book and could be used in the classroom to introduce Wintergirls and it's themes.
Pro-Ana Websites:
Diet Blog
Pro-ana Forum
Scholastic's Book List:
Laurie Halse Anderson
"Shrinking Women" by Lily Myers:
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