Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson is an American writer best known for children's and young adult novels. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2009 for her contribution to young adult literature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth23 October 1961
CountryUnited States of America
fun holiday kids
There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays.
strong force-fields doors
I sit at a table close to his desk. Ivy is in this class. She sits by the door. I keep staring at her, trying to make her look at me. That happens in movies--people can feel it when oother people stare at them and they just have to turn around and say something. Either Ivy has a great force field, or my lazer vision isn't very strong....
stupid silly woods
I can see us, living in the woods, her wearing that A, me with a S maybe, S for silent, S for stupid, for scared. S for silly. For shame.
army trials hammers
This camp is a forge for the army; it's testing our mettle. Instead of heat and hammer, our trials are cold and hunger. Question is, what are we made of?
ties people parent
Emma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. It's not like you can blame a mattress when people don't tie it down tight enough.
eating-disorder want dies
Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?
zero numbers tennis
The only number that would ever be enough is 0. Zero pounds, zero life, size zero, double-zero, zero point. Zero in tennis is love. I finally get it.
self trying teeth
I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way.... I didn't try hard enough to swallow myself.
borders wintergirls
I won the wintergirl trip over the border into dangerland.
self-harm kids hard-work
I wish adults would spend less energy freaking out about the cutting itself and work harder to understand what drives kids to self-harm.
mean apology ifs
Apologies mean nothing if you don't mean it.
our-veterans proud veteran
I am super proud of being an American, but we fail our veterans every day.
games life-is striking-out
Life is for the living. Don't let the fear of striking out let you from keep you from playing the game.
mirrors mouths bleeding
I pushed my ragged mouth against the mirror. A thousand crushed bleeding lips pushed back at me...