Laurie Halse Anderson
Books by Laurie Halse Anderson
8 books available
Forge
by Laurie Halse Anderson
4.2(13,650)
During the brutal winter at Valley Forge, a runaway slave named Curzon must become a free man and a soldier while facing war, the constant threat of discovery, and a complicated reunion with Isabel.
Prom
by Laurie Halse Anderson
3.3(8,487)
A Philadelphia teen who hates prom accidentally organizes the biggest night of the year, learning that big changes can happen when you step outside your comfort zone.
Wintergirls
by Laurie Halse Anderson
4.0(107,551)
Haunted by the ghost of her best friend and fellow 'wintergirl,' Lia must confront her own skeletal obsession with thinness before it consumes her entirely.
Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
4.0(484,810)
A silent freshman artist navigates high school, her quietness a shield against a traumatic secret until she finds her power to speak through art and confronts her rapist.
Fever 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson
3.9(105,622)
In 1793 Philadelphia, a young girl's dreams of expanding her family's coffeehouse are interrupted by a yellow fever epidemic, forcing her to fight for survival and keep her fractured family together.
Catalyst
by Laurie Halse Anderson
4.6(289)
A science-focused high schooler, Kate Malone, finds her structured world upended when a house fire forces her rival and family to move in, sparking emotional turmoil and self-discovery as she awaits her MIT decision.
The Impossible Knife of Memory
by Laurie Halse Anderson
3.9(26,389)
A nomadic teen yearns for stability and first love in a new town, all while desperately trying to anchor her war-veteran father as his untreated PTSD threatens to drown them both in the past.
Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson
4.1(47,446)
Caught between the Loyalists and Patriots, a young enslaved girl in Revolutionary New York navigates espionage and betrayal in a desperate, deeply personal quest for freedom after her promised emancipation is cruelly stolen.