Meg Haston

Paperweight Meg Haston

Jacket Description/Back: Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. 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. Nurses and therapists watch Stevie at mealtime, 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."Review Quotes: Haston s contribution to the genre stands out for the complexity of its characters and for small, telling details that demonstrate just how difficult recovery can be.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Review Quotes: A carefully constructed buildup still lends to a quick read, which is hard to put down.--School Library Journal Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2015 (EAN 9780062335746, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 05/01/2015 pg. 120 (EAN 9780062335746, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 05/04/2015 (EAN 9780062335746, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Romantic Times 07/01/2015 pg. 39 (EAN 9780062335746, Hardcover)

Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2015 pg. 134 (EAN 9780062335746, Hardcover)

Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2015 pg. 134 (EAN 9780062335760, Other)

Contributor Bio:  Haston, Meg Meg Haston is the author of How to Rock Braces and Glasses and How to Rock Best Friends and Frenemies. She lives in Jacksonville, Florida, where she writes and works as a counselor in an independent school. Paperweight is her first young adult novel.