Laurie Halse Anderson Forge

However, many obstacles stand in the way of their escape, Bellingham continues to treat them cruelly, and they are both haunted by the past that they shared in Chains. Curzon has survived a full winter as a soldier in Valley Forge, and that has hardened him, allowing them to outwit Bellingham and go on the run again. The book ends with the two friends, their bond stronger than ever now, on the search for Isabel’s sister Ruth. Forge ends on a cliffhanger, to be continued in the third book in the series, Ashes, which was released on October 4th,

Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, is a story written in the first person about a young girl named Melinda Sordino. The title of the book, Speak, is ironically based on the fact that Melinda chooses not to speak. The book is written in the form of a monologue in the mind of Melinda, a teenage introvert. This story depicts the story of a very miserable freshman year of high school. Although there are several people in her high school, Melinda secludes herself from them all. There are several people in her school that used to be her friend in middle school, but not anymore. Not after what she did over the summer. What she did was call the cops on an end of summer party on of her friends was throwing. Although

The Patriot Army was shaped and strengthened by the desperate circumstances of the Valley Forge winter. This is where Curzon the boy becomes Curzon the young man. In addition to the hardships of soldiering, he lives with the fear of discovery, for he is an escaped slave passing for free. And then there is Isabel, who is also at Valley Forge—against her will. She and Curzon have to sort out the tangled threads of their friendship while figuring

Laurie S. Miller was an assistant professor at Clarion University. She was also the advisor The Clarion Call and the Society of Collegiate Journalists. Also was the former adjunct professor at Point Park University, former instructor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va. As if that was impressive enough the late Miller was a former reporter for the Tribune-Review in Greenburg and worked at The Daily Courier in Connellsville. Miller of 320 Evergreen Drive, Mt. Pleasant, Pa. was born July 10, 1958. She leaves behind her loving son Dylan S. Ramsier of Greensburg, Pa., her mother Margaret E. Miller of Dawson, her sister Janice L. Covert of Jacksonville, Fla., and her two bothers Robert M. Miller and Scott E. Miller of Connellsville, Pa., and

When students are bullied, they are encouraged to speak up about it to a teacher or some other adult; however, many do not, because they may think their cases are not important enough to be told, because no one will believe their stories, or because they are embarrassed by what happened. As these cases turn from simple bullying to a more severe event, this inability to speak up only increases. Laurie Halse Anderson shows this effect with being raped, as well as the emotional damage that goes with it. Through Melinda’s experiences in Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson’s writing reflects the time in which it was written, her views on teens and the adolescent years, and her early life.

Everyone grows physically. A person can be 4’ll”, and a couple years later they are 5’3”, Physical change is not a big deal. When someone grows as a person or emotionally it can go both ways, You either emotionally grow in a negative or positive way. The person can either become a better person, or grow with more flaws and bad habits. Speak was written by Laurie Halse Anderson, published on October 22, 1999. The story shows the character development of the main character, Melinda Sordino. Although teenagers go through emotional growth because their maturity levels are increasing, Melinda goes through a rough situation that helps her grow as a person.

In a battle in deep trenches, Henry starts complaining that the regiment has no real plan in the battle and that the regiment does not really know what to do in the battle. Wilson tries to calm down Henry from his anger, but Henry got angrier and took his anger out on Wilson. The lieutenant was dissatisfied with Henry’s anger and told him to keep his mouth shut about anything that might bring the regiment down. His immaturity is shown as Henry does not know how to control his feelings in a dangerous situation, which could get him and the regiment in

Laurie Halse Anderson Fever 1793, many people in Philadelphia were facing a disease called “Yellow Fever” the patients were to get help immediately or they would soon die. During the rough times, most people of the city fled to a safer place where the fever did not eat off others. These times were rough for the people and most couldn’t afford to flee the city or it was too late to consider it. The people were to wait till winter which is when the fever left and the city was safe again.

Banning or challenging books is an occurrence that has been taking place for years in America’s school systems, but often parents and teachers are not in agreement concerning censorship. The National Council of Teachers of English position statement is “We can safely make two statements about censorship: first, any work is potentially open to attack by someone, somewhere, sometime, for some reason; second, censorship is often arbitrary and irrational.” One such challenged book is Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, which was “banned from an eighth-grade classroom in Arizona due to profanity, sexual content, and rape theme” (Lesesne and Chance 48). Even though it presents difficult topics, Speak could be a benefit to students in a

I feel like Laurie Halse Anderson really conveyed a real life society that teenagers have to face every day. I also have the impression that the society in the book is ignorant because they do not see the underlying problems. The society ignorance caused Melinda a lot of pain and suffering, and probably affected her for the rest of her life. I think the part that angered me the most, was that no one try find out why Melinda was acting the way she was, and just secluded her instead. It is despondent to say that this society was mirrored on are very own, and I think that the most horrible thing that society does is make assumptions about things and people. I believe that the society did hold Melinda back, because it made it harder for her

Let's say you're sick with a deadly disease and anyone could get it and one day you fell asleep (obviously) and you woke up and no one was there, no one at all, they just left. The house is almost completely empty besides you and your stuff, but every else and there stuff was gone. What would you do? Lay there and die? Or go get help? No, never give up on people when they need it even if they are sick with a deadly disease, help others like if you would want help, too. We see this in the book "Fever" this happens to some of characters when they get the fever but most people in the book stay with the sick or some of them leave and a few stayed. In Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson shows us that the theme of people never give up on anything and/or anybody.

The historical fiction novel, Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, takes place in the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War. The characters the play the most important roles in this story are Isabel, Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Lockton, and Curzon. Isabel is the character who is telling the story. She was separated from her father when she was young, and her mother passed from small pox. Ruth, Isabel’s sister, is very shy but hardworking. Mr. and Mrs. Lockton are Isabel and Ruth’s masters. Madam Lockton expects the most from her slaves and will gladly punish them if she doesn’t receive what she expects. Finally, Curzon is a slave who is a close friend of Isabel.

Freedom is something that all people have, to believe in what they want, follow who they want, and say what they want. But, long ago this was not allowed to people. In Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, you have Isabel and her life as a slave being in a world of 3 sides, the Patriots, the Loyalists and the slaves. She does not know what side she is on for they all have the pro’s and con’s, however she is a slave and her options sometimes get changed for both offers to each side can sometimes not do so well. First, Isabel says, “I was chained between two nations.”

In the the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, the character Heather, Melinda’s ex-friend and member of the Martha clan, has many interesting character traits. Her most prominent traits are, that she is very petty, she is talkative, and that she is very driven. Heather is very petty. When Melinda is at Heathers house, in her room, Heather starts to cry because she is not popular, “Here people don't know I exist.

Someone’s walking through the hallway all alone, later that same person is getting made fun of at lunch. It takes courage to stand up to somebody, and support others. The book Speak talks about a girl who feels all alone through school because of one night, it is a strongly written book by Laurie Halse Anderson, written in 1999. The benefits of being courageous will help oneself, friends, and others. The first example is when Melinda called the cops at the party.”