Wintergirls is a book about eating disorders. The author's purpose in writing this book is to inform readers about what it's like to be a person with an eating disorder. It depicts the inner and outer conflicts that characters like Lia and Cassie messily face. It all started with a competition between two characters to see who would be the skinniest. Cassie dies trying to win the game. Lia, the main character of this novel, always tracks her food intake. For example, one morning at breakfast, Lia said she didn't want "a muffin (410),...an orange (75),...toast (87),...waffles (180) )” (Anderson 5). Lia constantly tracks the calories she consumes. Unlike Cassie who follows the path of bulimia, Lia prevents herself from eating and therefore does not receive the appropriate nutrients. This lets readers know how someone with a disorder like Lia can stop themselves from eating foods that we are used to eating in our regular lives. His ultimate goal changes frequently, getting lower and lower each time. Lia strives to get “five hundred calories a day” (Anderson 189). Her constant change of goals allows readers to know the difficulties that a girl with such a mindset can experience. The author's intended audience is likely people who suffer from the disorder or want to learn more about eating disorders. When Lia was admitted to New Seasons, her rehabilitation center, she recounted her experience to someone who had experienced difficulties in this type of establishment. Lia was supposed to be “a good girl [by not making holes] and writing depressing poetry and [by eating and eating]” (Anderson 18). His difficulties in the establishment allowed the public who suffered from this disorder to tell their experiences. Plus, people who choose to starve... in the middle of paperwork or extracurricular activities, the kind of competition Lia and Cassie undertook was something I could relate to, even if it wasn't maybe not as extreme. Additionally, I liked the fact that the author neither shows nor tells in this book. She used the strikethrough feature to allow readers to infer both the outer and inner meaning that the characters may represent. For example, to introduce Emma, ​​Lia's half-sister, the author stated "My half-sister, Emma..." (Anderson 3). This feature was very distinctive in the author's style, something I had never seen before. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was a topic that was applicable to children my age and used a variety of styles and rhetorical appeals to achieve the goal and engage readers. I would recommend this book to other children my age to inform them of the serious consequences of such practices, such as starving themselves to death...