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Laurie Halse Anderson
From New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson comes an eerily timely historical fiction middle grade adventure about a girl struggling to survive amid a smallpox epidemic, the public's…
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Kristi Lew
Laurie Halse Anderson is a bestselling author of realistic and historical fiction for young adults and children. Two of her books, Speak and Chains, have been nominated for the National…
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A fiercely authentic, critically acclaimed and award-winning modern classic about a high school sexual assault.
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Wendy J. Glenn
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Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson: Conversation Starters
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world…
A Study Guide for Laurie Halse Anderson’s Fever 1793, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…
After treating an injured greyhound at her grandmother’s veterinary clinic, 13-year-old Maggie learns about the abuse of greyhounds in the dog-racing industry and vows to put a stop to it.
After assisting with her own cat’s emergency surgery, Sunita decides she can no longer work with animals and accepts an internship at a lab, unaware that the research conducted there…
Jules and Josh are excited after their parents hire ponies to attract customers to their sidewalk sale. But the Vet Volunteers notice that the ponies don’t seem to be very…
Brenna, Maggie, and Zoe go to Florida to visit a manatee rescue center, where they learn about these endangered marine mammals.
A National Book Award finalist. At the start of the Revolutionary War, Isabelis sold to a cruel loyalist family, even though she has been promised freedomby her former owner. Soon…
Seeing Jane’s dog, Yum-Yum, help cheer up children in a cancer ward makes Zoe think about having her puppy, Sneakers, trained to do therapy, too, especially when Yum-Yum becomes very…
In her latest New York Times bestseller, Anderson tackles a controversial subject–what it means to be a man today–as a string of events and changes has high school senior Tyler…
The text of this large print edition is unabridged. –Verso.
In this compelling sequel to Chains, National Book Award Finalist Anderson shifts perspective from Isabel to Curzon and brings to life the tale of what it takes for runaway slaves…
A memoir in verse shares the author’s life, covering her rape at thirteen, her difficult early childhood, and her experiences surrounding her publication of Speak.
Sunita Patel is good with cats. When a hurricane approaches, Sunita realizes that Lucy, a diabetic cat with a broken leg, is in danger, along with her owner. After the…
Hayley Kincaid and her father move back to their hometown to try a normal life, but the horrors he saw in the war threaten to destroy their lives –
In this sequel to Chains, Anderson shifts perspective from Isabel to Curzon and brings to the page the tale of what it takes for runaway slaves to forge their own…
With superbly researched information and detailed illustrations, Anderson and Faulkner combine historical facts and humor together in this engaging–and long overdue–homage to the women and the role they played in…
Originally published: United States: Pleasant Company Publications, 2000.
When they find abandoned ducklings, the vet volunteers must educate the community about keeping baby animals as Easter pets while also teaching the ducklings how to swim.
For the past five years Hayley Kincain and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that…
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From the author of Speak comes a novel that confronts the conundrum of young adult life. Kate manages her life by organizing it as logically as the periodic table. She…
For use in schools and libraries only. A violent event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda’s freshman year in high school. Unable to discuss…
For use in schools and libraries only. Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at…
Containing everything she’s known for, this latest novel by the award-winning author of Speak and Catalyst describes the angst surrounding an American teenage rite of passage: the senior prom.
Zoe is back in Ambler after living with her mom in Los Angeles. It’s fun to be back with the Vet Volunteers, but Zoe misses her mom, who is filming…
Inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published in 1999, bestselling author Anderson presents a searing poetic…
At the start of the Revolutionary War, Isabel is sold to a cruel loyalist family, even though she has been promised freedom by her former owner. Soon faced with the…
For use in schools and libraries only. This series follows the experiences Maggie and other teen volunteers have at the veterinary clinic run by Maggie’s gran.
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The blistering conclusion to the Seeds of America trilogy that began with the bestselling Chains and continued with Forge.
Not all heroes wear capes!
A personal story of the lifelong impact of rape and a call to action in the age of #MeToo and #TimesUp
Someone’s been setting animal traps in the nature preserve behind Brenna’s house. She and her older brother, Sage, are furious–not only is that illegal, it’s killing defenseless animals. Brenna is…
There’s a flock of parrots in Zoe’s backyard. No one knows where they have come from, but they aren’t as big a surprise as the sight of Zoe’s mother, who…
Hayley Kincaid and her father move back to their hometown to try a ‘normal’ life, but the horrors he saw in the war threaten to destroy their lives –
Maggie’s new science teacher, Mr. Carlson, is blind, and is working with a guide dog for the first time. Scout, a German shepherd, really wants to do his job, but…
Six years after Cassie and Lia resolved to become the skinniest girls in their school, Cassie dies. Unable to bear the sadness and guilt following Cassie’s death, Lia spirals deeper…
A National Book Award finalist teams up with a celebrated illustrator to tell the story of Sarah Hale, who in the 1800s began a letter-writing campaign to designate a day…
