Girls on Fire A Novel
Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman is a novel published by HarperCollins on May 17, 2016, featuring 368 pages in English. The story unfolds in Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, where the mysterious disappearance of a high school basketball star leads to shocking revelations that shake the conservative community. The narrative centers on Hannah Dexter, a bright but lonely girl who becomes entangled in a complex friendship with the charismatic Lacey Champlain, whose influence draws Hannah into a world of rebellion and obsession.
Readers will find a gripping exploration of girlhood friendship, set against a backdrop of moral panic and societal fears. As Hannah and Lacey’s bond intensifies, the novel delves into themes of love, violence, and the intoxicating nature of their relationship. Girls on Fire presents a vivid portrait of the challenges and transformations faced by young women, capturing the essence of their struggles and triumphs in a compelling narrative.
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An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year
“Like lightning in a bottle, Robin Wasserman’s Girls on Fire captures girlhood friendship in all its shattering intensity. A captivating, terrifying novel, and one you won’t forget.” —Megan Abbott
On Halloween, 1991, a popular high school basketball star ventures into the woods near Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, and disappears. Three days later, he’s found with a bullet in his head and a gun in his hand—a discovery that sends tremors through this conservative community, already unnerved by growing rumors of Satanic worship in the region.
In the wake of this incident, bright but lonely Hannah Dexter is befriended by Lacey Champlain, a dark-eyed, Cobain-worshiping bad influence in lip gloss and Doc Martens. The charismatic, seductive Lacey forges a fast, intimate bond with the impressionable Dex, making her over in her own image and unleashing a fierce defiance that neither girl expected. But as Lacey gradually lures Dex away from her safe life into a feverish spiral of obsession, rebellion, and ever greater risk, an unwelcome figure appears on the horizon—and Lacey’s secret history collides with Dex’s worst nightmare.
By turns a shocking story of love and violence and an addictive portrait of the intoxication of female friendship, set against the unsettled backdrop of a town gripped by moral panic, Girls on Fire is an unflinching and unforgettable snapshot of girlhood: girls lost and found, girls strong and weak, girls who burn bright and brighter—and some who flicker away.
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