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The Cutting Edge of Friendship

by Khristina Chess

Friendship amid hidden harm

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Friendship amid hidden harm

Sadie and Elana’s long friendship is tested by separate secrets: Sadie responds to an unnamed traumatic experience by cutting, while Elana keeps a concealed relationship with Hunter. The description links self-harm, trauma, and the risks surrounding secrecy, placing the girls’ bond at the center of a young adult story about danger and the effort to protect a friend. Its subject matter includes sexual violence as well as self-harm.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories about friendship under strain.
  • Readers seeking young adult fiction that addresses self-harm, trauma, and sexual violence.

Themes

FriendshipSelf-harmTraumaSecrecy and dangerProtecting a friend

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Book overview

For readers drawn to the emotional and physical scars of Girl in Pieces, this empowering story about the complicated nature of friendship is for you.

Sadie and Elana are keeping dangerous secrets.

Best friends since elementary school, they know everything about each other, but on the night of the fireworks, something terrible happened to Sadie-something she can't even name. Instead, she's started cutting to deal with the pain.

But Elana has a secret of her own. She's texting Hunter, making plans for a clandestine meeting, and never questioning why he insists on hiding their relationship.

To end this dangerous cat-and-mouse game, Sadie must reclaim her courage and rescue Elana before a rapist can attack again.

If you or a friend have ever turned to self-harm in response to trauma, The Cutting Edge of Friendship is for you. And don't miss Khristina Chess's other novels about eating disorders, including Hollow Beauty, Coywood Creek, and The Delinquent Hero.

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