My critical responses to Anderson’s images of hope in her booksįollow, along with the author’s answers to my questions during an interview on August 13, 2009. “I don’t sugarcoat anything,” she said in a School Library Journal article. By 2005, Anderson started to become proactive in reaching out to her readers with the beginnings of a blog, “Madwoman in the Forest.” Emails surged in: a torrent of words that reassured the author that her books were indeed touching-and changing-lives.Īnderson says that the word most often emerging in the emails is Riding the wave of the Internet, the groundbreaking author started her website in the year 2000, opening the lines of communication with teens who related to her novel Was a revolutionary book, with its haunting, tree-adorned cover planting the Anderson firmly on the radar of reviewers, readers, teachers, and librarians. Started it all, launching her into her own niche on the outer fringes of 1999’s pink-jacketed young adult literature, and making the author a star. Teenagers need to see a model of hope and growth,” Anderson states. “Ending on an encouraging note is part of my moral code. Rather than leaving them drowning in despair, however, she brings both reader and protagonist up for light and air, skillfully instilling and infusing hope into each of her books. Anderson dives deep into the churning, stormy waters of adolescent angst, writing unflinchingly with her trademark audacious flair.Īnderson’s novels submerge both her readers and her characters deep into the darkness where they often swim against the tide and struggle for redemption. Images of Hope in the Work of Laurie Halse Anderson and an Interview with the AuthorĪuthor Laurie Halse Anderson is known for her guts and pluck in taking on such controversial topics as date rape, slavery, anorexia, and abuse.
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