Fight for Life, Laurie Halse Anderson
Fight for Life, Laurie Halse Anderson
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Fight for Life

Author: Laurie Halse Anderson

Narrator: Emma Woodbine

Unabridged: 2 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2019

Synopsis

Maggie’s grandmother runs an animal clinic, Dr. Mac’s Place, so Maggie knows her way around animals who are in danger. When she learns that the abused and sick puppies flooding the clinic are from an illegal puppy mill, she knows that she has to find out who’s running it, where it is—and save the rest of the dogs!

About The Author

Laurie Halse Anderson has received both the Margaret Edwards Award and the ALAN Award for her contributions to young adult literature. She has also been honored by the National Coalition Against Censorship in recognition of her fight to combat the censoring of literature. She is the author of the groundbreaking National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor Book Speak. She is also author of the critically acclaimed YA books Prom, Twitsted, Catalyst, Wintergirls, and The Impossible Knife of Memory. She has also authored a number of middle grade titles including The Vet Volunteers series, and the historical fiction Seeds of America Trilogy, which includes Forge, ALA Best Book for Young Adults Fever 1793, and the National Book Award finalist and Scott O’Dell Award-winner Chains. She and her husband live in northern New York State. Follow Laurie on Twitter @halseanderson and visit her at madwomanintheforest.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jacqueline on March 01, 2008

Maggie is a dyslexic middle school girl who lives with her grandmother, a vet who runs a busy clinic. Maggie is an orphan who craves her grandmother's attention and a bit anti-social. During the course of the story, she grows up quite a bit, learning to ask for help with her learning disability and......more

Goodreads review by Shiq1e3 on June 24, 2009

This story is all about a girl that lives with her grandmother and her grandmother owns a vets office. but when things get crazy grandmother cant do it alone so maggie her granddaughter gets some friends to help out with the work. Maggie MchKenzie is her name , She is great with dogs , but her homew......more

Goodreads review by Yahaira on September 19, 2018

Vet volunteer Fight for Life is a really good book. If you want to become a vet this book/series will be great. This won't really tell you about vets,but it will tell you about 5 kids that volunteer to save animals. It will tell you about the adventures they have with the animals. The 5 help at a cl......more

Goodreads review by Itzae on October 12, 2018

Vet Volunteers-Fight For Life is by Laurie Halse Anderson. I think everyone that loves animalsand likes helping them should read this book. This book showed me to never give up until you’ve suceeded what you wanted to suceed in. I think it was a super amaizing and sad book. I think it was an amaizin......more

Quotes

"A fast-paced story that kids will like."--Children's Literature
 

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