I’m looking for a ya book I read when I was young. I read it almost 10 years ago at this point and all I remember is that it had a white cover, maybe a award stamp on it, a “h” word in the title, it followed two fourteen year old girls in boarding school (or something of the sort), they go thrift shopping, one girl is getting abused by her boyfriend and the other is dating a 30 year old. This is all I’ve got to go on and hopefully someone here has read it because I really want to find it and see what my 13 year old self was so scandalized by.Another thing is I think it was published before 2010 and definitely no earlier than 1990. And helpful note, I’m Canadian.UPDATE: i know it had a white cover with a faded landscape on the bottom, black or grey or green lettering, it was fairly big for it's genre, the author had a last name between the letters E and M if i remember my libraries system correctly, and had a pretentious title
Sixteen year olds Maya and Roe form an intense friendship when they find themselves cast as outsiders at an all girls boarding school. Sharing their life stories, and curiosity about the adult world, they wonder how they might become people with style and character as opposed to school girls. When they move beyond the enclosed world of the school to experience the city, an Sixteen year olds Maya and Roe form an intense friendship when they find themselves cast as outsiders at an all girls boarding school. Sharing their life stories, and curiosity about the adult world, they wonder how they might become people with style and character as opposed to school girls. When they move beyond the enclosed world of the school to experience the city, and relationships with men, both girls test the line between an emerging sense of self and its total disintegration. ...more