The specter of Lia's estranged friend Cassie, who died horribly in a hotel room, will not leave her alone. Before she died, Cassie left 33 messages on Lia's phone, but Lia didn't listen to any of them until it was too late. Now, Lia sees Cassie everywhere, impossibly and beautifully thin...as thin as Lia wants to be. Plagued by parents, by school, by food, Lia must find a way out of anorexia before she joins Cassie. When high school junior Naomi Porter tumbles down the stairs, she wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the previous four years. She doesn't remember her parents' divorce, or the name of her boyfriend, or how to drive a car, or why she was so passionate about being co-editor of the yearbook, or any of the vocabulary words in her French textbook. It's a distressing situation...but also a liberating one. Naomi feels that she is free reconstruct her life unencumbered by memories. Her old friends try to help her adjust, but Naomi finds herself drawn to someone new: James, who has suffered trauma of his own and wishes more than anything for a blank slate. This book has been nominated for the 2010 Evergreen Award, which are chosen by readers in grades 7-12. For more information about this award, and to see the list of 2010 nominees, Lia is an anorexic, a cutter, and now she is also haunted.

The specter of Lia's estranged friend Cassie, who died horribly in a hotel room, will not leave her alone. Before she died, Cassie left 33 messages on Lia's phone, but Lia didn't listen to any of them until it was too late. Now, Lia sees Cassie everywhere, impossibly and beautifully thin...as thin as Lia wants to be. Plagued by parents, by school, by food, Lia must find a way out of anorexia before she joins Cassie."