Description
Eighteen-year-old Rory Quinn-Morelli doesn’t want to die; she wants refuge from reality for even a minute: the reality where she survived the car crash eight months ago, and her best friend, Liv, didn’t. Yet her exasperating mother won’t believe the Xanax incident was an accident, and her therapist is making it increasingly hard to maintain the detached, impenetrable “cold girl” façade she adopted from Liv. After she unintentionally reconnects with Liv’s parents, Rory must decide: will she keep Liv’s and her secrets inside, or will she finally allow herself to break? And if she breaks, what will she unearth amid the pieces? Click Here to Preview.
2024 Lambda Literary Award Finalist
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2023
Kirkus Reviews
A heart-wrenching story of friendship, grief, and identity. . . .The heart of Liv and Rory’s story, the painstaking confrontation of loss, and the unconditional embrace of a parent’s love are deftly threaded through the pristine prose. However, it is Rory’s teetering between then and now that tethers all this unbearable beauty as she tackles the exquisiteness of healing, acceptance, and love. A vibrant and poignant must-read.
Midwest Book Reviews
Deftly crafted . . . . Cold Girls is unreservedly recommended for middle school, high school, and community library YA Fiction & LGBTQ collections.
Details
Author: |
Maxine Rae |
Interest Level Low: |
Age 14 |
Interest Level High: |
Age 17 |
Reading Level: |
Age 14 |
Lexile Level Low: |
730L |
Lexile Level High: |
730L |
Language: |
English |
Copyright: |
2023 |
Teaching Guide: |
No |
Set: |
No |
Award Winner: |
Yes |
Number of Pages: |
352 Per Title |
Binding Type: |
Paperback |
