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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Jan 10, 2017 | 9780349141312 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 5, 2016 | 9781405535809 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book May 5, 2016 | 9781408707128 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Little, Brown
- Paperback Jan 10, 2017 | 9780349141312 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 5, 2016 | 9781405535809 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book May 5, 2016 | 9781408707128 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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A shocking, gripping thriller, GIRLS ON FIRE stands alongside The Virgin Suicides in its brilliant portrayal of female adolescence, but with a power and assurance all its own.
'Captivating' Sunday Times
'Will utterly terrify you - in the best way possible' Buzzfeed
'While it is a mystery, the true strength of the novel comes from the honesty of the girls' portrayal' Guardian
'A hypnotic debut' Elle
'We couldn't put this one down' Marie Claire
This is not a story of bad things happening to bad girls. I say this because I know you, Dex, and I know how you think.
I'm going to tell you a story, and this time, it will be the truth.
Hannah Dexter is a nobody, ridiculed and isolated at school by golden girl Nikki Drummond. But in their junior year of high school, Nikki's boyfriend walks into the woods and shoots himself. In the wake of the suicide, Hannah befriends new girl Lacey and soon the pair are inseparable, bonded by their shared hatred of Nikki.
Lacey transforms good girl Hannah into Dex who is up for any challenge Lacey throws at her. The two girls bring their combined wills to bear on the community in which they live and think they are invulnerable.
But Lacey has a secret, about life before her better half, and it's a secret that will change everything . . .
More books by Robin Wasserman
Praise for Girls on Fire
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Flicking between points of view, Wasserman is even in her storytelling, sustaining her narrative by slowly revealing the dangerous secrets Lacey is keeping. Wasserman writes with immense energy. As a portrait of a coming-of-age, obsessive female friendship, the novel is captivating - Sunday Times
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Robin Wasserman's novel Girls on Fire will utterly terrify you - in the best way possible.... A dark, chilling story of secrets, violence, and female friendship, Girls on Fire will burn in the mind long after you finish reading - Buzzfeed
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Mean Girls plus We Need to Talk About Kevin plus Heathers equals Girls on Fire. One of those books that make you glad you're not a teen anymore . . . Tragedy ensues in this pressure cooker of a novel' - Glamour
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A deep, dark vision of the dangers of girlhood emerges from this captivating novel. Life changes for unpopular Hannah Dexter when she makes friend with new girl Lacey who rebrands her as Dex and teaches her to wear Docs and like Kurt Cobain. Everything is on the up but not for long... - Stylist.co.uk
Robin Wasserman
Robin Wasserman is a Harvard graduate and former book editor, and has published or has pieces forthcoming in the LA Review of Books, Tin House, and The New York Times. She has also written YA novels with over half a million copies in print. Girls on Fire is her first novel for adults.
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