Wildthorn
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Year
2009
ISBN
9780547370170
Pages
350 pages
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Seventeen-year-old Louisa Cosgrove is locked away in the Wildthorn Hall mental institution, where she is stripped of her identity and left to wonder who has tried to destroy her life.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
HL630L
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; lesbian; lesbian teenager; same sex relationship
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother
LGBTQ+
lesbian female
Awards
Lambda Literary Award, 2011, Winner, LGBT Children's/Young Adult
Keywords
Great Britain; psychiatric hospital; sex roles; aspirations; prison escape; interest in learning
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Eagland, Jane, "Wildthorn" (2009). Diverse Families. 1439.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1439