Trapped (Vet Volunteers) [Library Binding]

Laurie Halse Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 2009 | Series: Vet Volunteers

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Someone's been setting animal traps in the nature preserve behind Brenna's house. She and her older brother, Sage, are furious--not only is that illegal, it's hurting and killing defenseless animals where they should be safe. They both want to do somethi

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Product Details

• Library Binding: 144 pages
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1442002204
• ISBN-13: 978-1442002203
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,311,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Laurie Halse (rhymes with "waltz") Anderson pretended she was a polar bear when she walked to school through the snow of Syracuse, New York. As a little girl, she would pound away at her father's old typewriter for hours, writing newspaper columns, stories, and letters. She loved watching her father write poetry and reading the funnies on the floor of his office. Laurie fell in love with words when her second-grade teacher taught her how to write haiku. Her favorite book is the dictionary, which is a good thing because she is a terrible speller. She tried to read every book in her school library, a heavenly place. She loves librarians! One of her favorite books was Heidi. This led to curiosity about foreign cultures. As a senior in high school, she was an American Field Service exchange student to Denmark, where she lived on a pig farm. She skipped both her prom and graduation ceremonies and had a great time there. She can still speak Danish.

Laurie Halse Anderson never intended to be an author. At Georgetown University, she majored in foreign languages and linguistics. She hit the real world with no idea of what kind of work she wanted to do. She tried everything, including cleaning banks, milking cows and working as a stockbroker. She hated all of it. Working as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer was a slight improvement, but she eventually quit to write books. After eight long, rejection-filled years, she has finally qualified as an overnight success.

Laurie's books for children and teenagers have attracted a lot of attention. Her first novel, Speak, was a National Book Award Finalist, a Michael L. Printz Honor book, a New York Times bestseller, and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. Publisher's Weekly, called Speak "a stunning first novel," in which Ms. Anderson "uses keen observations and vivid imagery to pull readers into the head of an isolated teenager." Speak has been translated into sixteen foreign languages, including Chinese and Catalan. In 2005, the movie version was released. In addition to novels, Laurie writes chapter books for elementary age children and picture books for the pre-school set. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, given by the American Library Association for significant and lasting achievement in young adult literature, in 2009.

Laurie lives in Northern New York with her husband, Scot, and their dog, Kezzie. Scot designed and built a writing cottage for Laurie, where she writes daily. Along with writing, she enjoys gardening, running and hanging with her family.

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trapped, September 28, 2001

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This review is from: Trapped (Wild at Heart, No 8) (Paperback)

Trapped was my favorite of the Wild At Heart series. My favorite people are Brenna and Maggie. Brenna finds a dog caught in a trap. Brenna and her brother Sage are angry that some one id trapping animals in a reserve. Brenna is afraid that her brother will do something to the trapper.