The Lauras

The Lauras
Author: Sara Taylor
Publisher: Hogarth
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451496876

Shortlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year From critically acclaimed and Baileys Prize-nominated author Sara Taylor comes a dazzling new novel about youth, identity, and family secrets After a fight with Alex’s father, Ma pulls Alex out of bed and onto a pilgrimage of self-discovery through her own enthralling past. Guided by a memory map of places and people from Ma’s life before motherhood, the pair travels from Virginia to California, each new destination and character revealing secrets, stories, and unfinished business. As Alex’s coming-of-age narrative unfolds across the continent, we meet a cast of riveting and heartwarming characters including brilliant Annie, who seeks the help of Ma and Alex to escape the patriarchal cult in which she was raised, and the tragic young Marisol, whose dreams of becoming a mother end in heartbreak. Slowly, Alex begins to realizes that the road trip is not a string of arbitrary stops, but a journey whose destination is perhaps Ma’s biggest secret of all. Told from the perspective of Alex, a teenager who equates gender identification with unwillingly choosing a side in a war, and written with a stunningly assured lyricism, The Lauras is a fearless study of identity, set against the gorgeously rendered landscape of North America.

Laura's Ma

Laura's Ma
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780606158398

Laura, her mother, and other family members share many exciting adventures while living as pioneers on the American frontier.

Laura's Star

Laura's Star
Author: Klaus Baumgart
Publisher: Little Tiger Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Friendship
ISBN: 9781848951129

Laura and Sophie are best friends. They are even growing their own friendship tree! But one day, Laura's brother, Tommy, accidentally breaks the sapling. What will Sophie say? Will their friendship be ruined? Maybe Laura's special friend, the star, can help her out once more.

Laura's Secret

Laura's Secret
Author: Klaus Baumgart
Publisher: Koala Books
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2003
Genre: Brothers and sisters
ISBN: 9780864614865

When Laura and her little brother Tommy make a kite they can't wait to watch it fly as high as the stars. But a kite would need to be very special to fly that high. Is their kite brave and bold enough? And are Laura and Tommy brave and bold enough to ignore the horrible boys who laugh at their homemade kite? With the help of Laura's secret plan - and her very special friend, the star - they might just make their wish come true.

Laura's Secret

Laura's Secret
Author: Betsy Haynes
Publisher: Skylark
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1991
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780553158717

Keith Masterson, who has been Beth Barry's boyfriend since the sixth grade, decides that he wants to end their relationship. Not sure how to end it, he goes to Jana Morgan for help.

Diary of Laura's Twin

Diary of Laura's Twin
Author: Kathy Kacer
Publisher: Second Story Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1926739167

Laura has just three weeks to go before her Jewish becoming of age ceremony, called a Bat Mitzvah, when she is assigned a special project. She is to read the diary of Sara Gittler, a young girl her own age who was imprisoned by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. Sara never had the chance to celebrate her coming of age, so Laura is to learn about Sara's life and then share her Bat Mitzvah with her "twin" by speaking of her at the ceremony. Reluctant to undertake the project at first, Laura quickly becomes caught up by Sara's struggle to survive. Sara's diary unfolds with the details of her daily life in the Ghetto, a world full of fear, confusion, tragedy and above all, courage. From Sara's brave story in the past, Laura learns how to find the courage to confront the possibility of a friend's current involvement in the desecration of a Jewish cemetery.

Laura's Christmas Star

Laura's Christmas Star
Author: Klaus Baumgart
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 2003-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780613931144

When her family's Christmas trip has to be cancelled, Laura finds a way to create a special kind of magic for the holiday, with the help of her own special star.

Laura's Luck

Laura's Luck
Author: Marilyn Sachs
Publisher: Dissertation.com
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-01-20
Genre: Camps
ISBN: 9780595175901

In the second of three books about a poor family living in the Bronx in the 1940’s, Laura, the older sister, has to cope with the pleasures and pains of going off to camp.

Edge of Extinction #1: The Ark Plan

Edge of Extinction #1: The Ark Plan
Author: Laura Martin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2016-05-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062416243

Jurassic World meets Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in this epic new middle grade series full of heart-pounding action and breathtaking chills! "Amazing adventures!" raves Brightly.com as they recommend Edge of Extinction as a 2016 Holiday Gift for Tween Readers. One hundred and fifty years ago, the first dinosaurs were cloned. Soon after, they replaced humans at the top of the food chain. The only way to survive was to move into underground compounds. . . . Five years ago, Sky Mundy’s father vanished from North Compound without a trace. Now she has just stumbled on a clue that not only suggests his disappearance is just the tip of an even larger mystery, but also points directly to the surface. To find her dad—and possibly even save the world—Sky and her best friend, Shawn, must break out of their underground home and venture topside to a land reclaimed by nature and ruled by dinosaurs. Perfect for fans of Brandon Mull, Lisa McMann, and Rick Riordan, this exhilarating debut novel follows two courageous friends who must survive in a lost world that’s as dangerous as they’ve always feared but also unlike anything they could ever have imagined.