Teacher's Pet

laurie halse anderson

Adjusting to middle school becomes easier for twelve-year-old Maggie when she finds that her biology teacher, who is blind, can learn a few things from her about working with his guide dog.

Genres animalsmiddle graderealistic fictionfictionchildrensdogsyoung adult

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1,2001

Series

Vet Volunteers

This edition

Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 2001 by Amer Girl Pub
ISBN: 9781584850557
ASIN: 1584850558
Language: English

About the author

UPDATE! Rebellion 1776 - an adventure novel set in Boston in the middle of the Revolution and a smallpox epidemic - will be publishing on April 1st!

For bio stuff: Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author whose writing spans young readers, teens, and adults. Combined, her books have sold more than 8 million copies.

Laurie has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award four times. Two of her books, Speak and Chains, were National Book Award finalists, and Chains was short-listed for the prestigious Carnegie medal. Two more books, Shout and The Impossible Knife of Memory, were long-listed for the National Book Award. Laurie was selected by the American Library Association for the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award and has been honored for her battles for intellectual freedom by the National Coalition Against Censorship and the National Council of Teachers of English.

Laurie lives in Philadelphia, where she enjoys cheesesteaks while she writes. Find out more about Laurie by following her on Bluesky at @halseanderson.bsky.social, Instagram at halseanderson, and Facebook at lauriehalseanderson, or by visiting her website, madwomanintheforest.com.