Author
Laurie Halse Anderson
3 books here
Speak
Young adult · ages 14–18 · 750L · 2003
Essential YA about trauma and recovery—unflinching, compassionate, and written in a voice that feels urgent and real; the art-class framing gives readers permission to be angry.
Rebellion 1776
Young adult · ages 12–15 · 900L · 2024
A vital corrective to the standard Revolutionary War narrative that gives voice to Indigenous perspectives often erased in textbooks.
Chains
Young adult · ages 10–14 · 820L · 2008
Harrowing, unflinching, and historically grounded—the best YA entry point to American slavery and the Revolution's racial contradictions, and Isabel is a protagonist kids genuinely root for.