Anderson, Laurie Halse

When a flock of parrots land in Zoe's backyard, she is stunned!.

With the help of her veterinarian grandmother and the other volunteers at the Wild at Heart Animal Clinic, eleven-year-old Maggie rescues sick puppies from an illegal puppy mill.

In 1793 Philadephia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated for her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

A young girl's talented but untamed tresses do not impress her strict first-grade teacher, who has rules for everything, including hair.

A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.

From her first moment as a freshman at Merryweather High School, Melinda knows she's an outcast. She busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, a major infraction of high school society rules. And now no one will talk to her. But something happened at that party that Melinda doesn't want to think about, doesn't want to confront, would do anything to avoid. But the thoughts won't go away. After she endures a confrontation Melinda must tell the truth. She must speak.

In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.

Eighteen-year-old Kate finds herself losing control in her senior year as she faces difficult neighbors, the possibility that she may not be accepted by the college of her choice, and an unexpected death.