Prom

by Laurie Halse Anderson

Published 3 March 2005
Everyone's excited about the prom except Ashley, who couldn't care
less. She's too busy worrying about her crazy family and TJ her
flaky boyfriend, who wants them to move in together after graduation
but just doesn't seem to be around when she needs him.

But when disaster strikes the prom committee, somehow Ashley gets
roped into helping save the evening. And Ashley finds herself learning
quite a lot about organising a prom - as well as learning
a little more about herself.

Catalyst

by Laurie Halse Anderson

Published 1 January 2001
Kate's failure to get into college to study chemistry, the only subject she can cope with, sends her spinning out of control. She'd only applied to one college - now what? Then her rector father brings home a local family, made homeless in a fire. Teenager Teri is the class outcast, but slowly she and Kate become friends, while little Mikey melts Kate's heart, until a tragic accident sets in motion a chain of events which will change both Teri and Kate's lives for ever.