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What is the year Laurie became a published author?
1996
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What is 1 of the 3 subjects Laurie's teachers said she struggled with?
math, biology, and reading
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What state was Laurie born in?
New York
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What are 3 genres has Laurie written?
Young Adult, Historical Fiction, and Fiction for Young Readers, or Non-Fiction for Young Readers
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What is Laurie's full name?
Laurie Beth Halse
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What is Laurie's most popular book, and what is it about?
Speak; It's about a girl who goes through life as an outcast
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What is one subject Laurie was never fond of?
English
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Who was the first man Laurie married?
Greg Anderson
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What is one of the Fiction for Young Readers listed?
Vet Volunteer Series or The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School
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What did Laurie do at age 16?
She left home to work on a pig farm
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What are 3 other books Laurie has written mentioned on the home page?
Fever 1973, Chains, and Twisted
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What is something Laurie hated as she was growing up school wise?
Analyzing books.
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What is the first thing that got her hooked on writing?
haiku poetry
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What is the book listed on the genres page with a sequel and which order do they come in?
Chains, Forge
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What are the 5 signficant works Laurie has written?
Twisted, Chains, Catalyst, Fever 1973, and Speak
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What is the setting of the picture Laurie is sitting in?
On rocks in the forest
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What kind of reader did Laurie become?
veracious reader
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What was the first college Laurie attended?
Onondaga Community College
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What is the color of the hair on the book cover of The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School?
red
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What is one award Laurie has received mentioned for the book Twisted?
New York Times Bestseller List; Nominated to 12 state reading award lists
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What is the last sentence in the paragraph on the home page?
She is a very skilled author and will continue to write many award winning books.
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What is the noise Laurie made at the end of the video and the realization she had afterwards?
Raaaaa! My head cracked open and I realized, I can do this!
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What are the names of her two daughters?
Stephanie Halcomb and Meredith Lauren
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Who commented Laurie and what did she say?
Cynthia Leitich Smith; "always taking chances-writing books that are very different from one another-and hitting it out of the literary ballpark."
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What book of Laurie's was made into a movie and who starred in it? (you may ask for a hint for the person)
Speak, Kristen Stewart