
Paperweight
HarperCollins · Paperback · March 7, 2017
This emotionally haunting and beautifully written young adult debut delves into the devastating impact of trauma and loss, in the vein of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Wintergirls.
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- Who it’s for
- An easy-entry read for when you want the story to carry the weight.
- Genres
- Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens, Teen Suicide, Mental Illness for Teens
- Published
- HarperCollins, March 7, 2017
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This emotionally haunting and beautifully written young adult debut delves into the devastating impact of trauma and loss, in the vein of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Wintergirls. Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. In her body. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center on the dusty outskirts of the New Mexico desert. Life in the center is regimented and intrusive, a nightmare come true.
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Nurses and therapists watch Stevie at meal time, accompany her to the bathroom, and challenge her to eat the foods she’s worked so hard to avoid. Her dad has signed her up for sixty days of treatment. But what no one knows is that Stevie doesn’t plan to stay that long. There are only twenty-seven days until the anniversary of her brother Josh’s death—the death she caused. And if Stevie gets her way, there are only twenty-seven days until she, too, will end her life. Paperweight follows seventeen-year-old Stevie’s journey as she struggles not only with a life-threatening eating disorder, but with the question of whether she can ever find absolution for the mistakes of her past…and whether she truly deserves to.
Why It Works
An easy-entry read for when you want the story to carry the weight.
Come here for
- accessible, straightforward storytelling
- author-following pick with a heavy subject
Expect
- teen mental health themes
- immersive, sustained-narrative pacing
Where it sits
| Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens | 93% |
|---|---|
| Mental Illness for Teens | 52% |
| Teen Suicide | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Boys & Men
- Coming of Age
- YA Sibling Stories
- YA LGBTQ+
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- YA Romance - LGBTQ+
- Death & Grief for Teens
- Depression for Teens
- Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
- Authors
- Meg Haston
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 7, 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Boys & Men