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Laurie Halse Anderson is an American author known for her young adult literature. Her works often explore the challenges and growth of adolescence, and are highly appreciated by young readers.

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“If I can write a book that will help the world make a little more sense to a teen, then that's why I was put on the planet.”

Ifs World Writing Littles I Can Book Helping Planets

Author:Laurie Halse Anderson

“We're good at taking care of little kids, and spend a lot of energy teaching them things like how to read. But when kids get as tall as their parents and can look them in the eyes, we tend to drop the ball - at a time they most need a loving consistent community of adults, be it parents, aunts, uncles, or others.”

Needs Looks Littles Eye Care Kids Energy Parent Community Teaching Adults Balls Consistent Tall Uncles Little Kid Aunt

Author:Laurie Halse Anderson

“A little kid asks my dad why that man is chopping down the tree. Dad: He's not chopping it down. He's saving it. Those branches were long dead from disease. All plants are like that. By cutting off the damage you make it possible for the tree to grow again. You watch - by the end of summer, this tree will be the strongest on the block.”

Men Littles Long Ends Kids Asks Speak Grows Watches Cutting Tree Dad Disease Summer Plant My Dad Block Saving Damage Branches Strongest Little Kid Chopping End Of Summer Cutting Off

Author:Laurie Halse Anderson

“What do you miss about being alive?" The sound of my mom singing, a little off-key. The way my dad went to all my swim meets and I could hear his whistle when my head was underwater, even if he did yell at me afterward for not trying harder. I miss going to the library. I miss the smell of clothes fresh out of the dryer. I miss diving off the highest board and nailing the landing. I miss waffles" - p. 272.”

Ifs Way Trying Littles Sound Alive Missing Keys Mom Dad Clothes Highest Singing Harder Library My Dad My Mom Smell Boards Swim Landing Diving Underwater Waffles Dryers

Author:Laurie Halse Anderson

“I handed my tools. The two of them reached down to help me out of the crater I'd dug. ''Isn't that a little deep?'' Yoda asked. ''It'll help the roots get established,'' I explained. ''Established where? China?”

Littles Two Helping Tools Roots China Help Me Craters

Book:Twisted

Source: Twisted

“Because I am still a little girl who believes in Santa and the tooth fairy and you.”

Believe Littles Stills Girl Teeth Fairy Santa Tooth Fairy Believe In Santa

Author:Laurie Halse Anderson

“There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays.”

Ifs Littles Kids Fun Wonder Holiday Rats Little Kid Christmas Magic

Book:Speak

Source: Speak

“There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays. When I was tiny we would by a real tree and stay up late drinking hot chocolate and finding just the right place for the special decorations. It seems like my parents gave up the magic when I figured out the Santa lie. Maybe I shouldn't have told them I knew where the presents really came from. It broke their hearts.”

“I open a paperclip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Pitiful. If a suicide attempt is a cry for help, then what is this. A whimper, a peep? I draw little window cracks of blood, etching line after line until it stops hurting.”

Ifs Littles Helping Left Hurt Lines Blood Cry Draws Window Suicide Cracks Scratches Wrists Pitiful Etching

Author:Laurie Halse Anderson

“I am almost a real girl the entire drive home. I went to a diner. I drank hot chocolate and ate french fries. Talked to a guy for a while. Laughed a couple of times. A little like ice-skating for the first time, wobbly, but I did it.”

Firsts Littles Real Home Guy Girl Couple First Time Hot Ice Chocolate Laughed Drank Skating Fries Diners French Fries Ice Skating Hot Chocolate Real Girl

Book:Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

“The bathroom door swings open. Emma sees the blood painting my skin and the red rivers carved on my body. Emma sees the wet knife, silver and bone. The screams of my little sister shatter mirrors.”

Littles Body Doors Blood Painting Red Rivers Skins Mirrors Bones Injury Silver Knives Scream Swings Wet Bathroom Emma Little Sister Self Injury

Book:Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

About the Author

Born: October 23, 1961
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 307

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