Introduction

Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, sixteen year- old Willow's parents died in a horrible car accident. Willow was driving. Now her older brother barely speaks to her, her new classmates know her as the killer orphan girl, and Willow is blocking the pain by secretly cutting herself. But when one boy ?one sensitive, soulful boy?discovers Willow's secret, it sparks an intense relationship that turns the 'safe? world Willow has created for herself upside down.

Told in an extraordinary fresh voice, Willow is an unforgettable novel about one girl's struggle to cope with tragedy, and one boy's refusal to give up on her.

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Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE.

Maybe it's just a scratch.
Willow Randall stares at the girl seated opposite her. Some might notice the girl because she was pretty. Others because of her flaming red hair. If the guys in the class were looking they would see that the outline of her bra was clearly visible beneath her shirt. But Willow eyes are riveted by something else: an angry red welt, about three inches long that runs from the girl's elbow to her wrist. If Willow squints hard enough, she can just about make out a few flecks of dried blood. ... view entire excerpt...

Discussion Questions

1) The two main characters in WILLOW, Willow and Guy, are never described physically, how did that affect your image of them? Why do you think the author left their physical characteristics up to the reader's imagination?

2)Do you think that books, the love of books, and the way they are discussed and dealt with in this book, play a part in Willow's healing process? How do books bring her and Guy together? How do books come into play in the relationship that she has with her brother?

3) Although Willow obviously engages in self destructive behavior, in many ways she is self protective. The way in which she loses her virginity is both emotionally and sexually responsible. Do you agree with this? What other ways is she protective of herself, and others?

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