Anatomy of a Girl Gang

Anatomy of a Girl Gang paints an almost perfect picture of a group of girls doing what feels good - and the bloody aftermath that follows ... A thrilling read.
-Xtra

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For a novel that deals with such disturbing content, this book is heartfelt and tremendously moving ... Anatomy of a Girl Gang is triumphant, beautiful, startling, sad and gritty -- a powerful feminist coming-of-age novel. -Geist

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Ashley Little's novel Anatomy of a Girl Gang is so fierce and raw and compelling that you won't want to put the book down until you know exactly what becomes of the Black Roses ... A thrilling and frightening, fast-paced read.
-Vancouver Weekly

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Both gripping and moving, Anatomy of a Girl Gang is a tight, grim portrait with deep empathy for characters capable of horrific deeds. -Kirkus Reviews (STARRED)

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Anatomy of a Girl Gang is a heartbreaking read, a must for high schools across the continent, and just too goddamn real for comfort.
-Backlisted

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Ashley Little's book grabs you by the larynx and does not let go. Reading, no, listening to these girls' voices is like being that nurse or paramedic on the scene without any defibrillator or oxygen. Sly Girl takes your breath away; Mercy makes you want to go on a five-finger discount walk with her; Z and Mac kiss graf across the city; and Kayos kicks ass against anyone who goes against her Black Roses. And in the voice of the city, Vancouver, takes these precious gang girls into her arms and, we hope, loves them back to themselves, to where they need to be: whole and in bloom.
-Cathleen With, author of skids and Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison

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Ashley Little continues her exploration of voices not generally heard in a second novel that hums with authenticity: a forceful narrative about the inner turmoil of forgotten children.
-Dennis E. Bolen, author of Anticipated Results

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Anatomy of a Girl Gang is a riveting read, an important read. It is a modern-day The Outsiders, that iconic staple of English classrooms everywhere, where the switchblades have been replaced by guns, where the boys have been replaced by girls, and where the rumbles have been replaced by murder. And like all good literature, it forces us to look at ourselves, and the immediate world in which we live. And then, only then, can we start to understand, and can we start to make change. -Gastown Gazette

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It seems destined to shock and thrill younger readers - think Go Ask Alice minus the moralizing. The plot moves at top speed, much like the characters themselves: running headlong into the night, propelled by the certainty that everything will fall apart if you stop too long to think. -Lambda Literary

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Relentlessly gritty and in your face, this novel makes some urban lit look like just bling. -Library Journal

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A daring book. It doesn't flinch from the glamorous lure of gang life or its devastating effects.
-Georgia Straight

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Ashley Little spent years doing intensive research for this novel, and the results are spectacular in a tough and gritty way ... [It's] a must-read for anyone striving to understand more of the human condition. -CM Magazine