Wintergirls is a book related to eating disorders. The author's purpose in writing this book is to inform readers about what it means to be a person with an eating disorder. It depicts the internal and external conflicts that characters like Lia and Cassie messily face. It all started with a competition between two characters to see who can be the thinnest. Cassie dies trying to win the game. Lia, the protagonist of this novel, always keeps track of her food consumption. For example, one morning at breakfast, Lia said she didn't want “a muffin (410),…orange (75),…toast (87),…waffles (180)” (Anderson 5). Lia constantly tracks the calories she eats. Unlike Cassie who follows the path of bulimia, Lia inhibits herself in eating, therefore not getting adequate nutrients. This lets readers know how a person with a disorder like Lia can refrain from eating foods that we are used to eating in our normal lives. His end goal changes often, becoming lower and lower each time. Lia aims for “five hundred calories a day” (Anderson 189). Her constant change of goals allows readers to know the difficulties that a girl with a similar mindset can experience. The author's intended audience is most likely made up of people who are experiencing the disorder or who are interested in learning more about eating disorders. When Lia was admitted to New Seasons, her rehabilitation facility, she recounts her experience to someone who has gone through hardships in that type of facility. Lia was expected to be “a good girl [not poking holes] or writing depressing poems and [eating and eating]” (Anderson 18). His difficulties in the structure have allowed the public who have experienced this disorder to talk about their experiences. Plus, people who choose to starve… middle of paper… or extracurricular activities, the kind of competition Lia and Cassie engaged in was something I could relate to, even if it may not be that extreme. Also, I liked how the author didn't show or tell in this book. He used the strikethrough feature to allow readers to infer both the external and internal 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 characteristic of the author's style, something I had never seen before. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was a topic applicable to kids my age and used a variety of rhetorical styles and appeals to achieve its purpose and engage readers. I would recommend this book to other kids my age to inform them of the serious consequences of practices such as starving.