Interesting Links
available for download in MS Word by clicking here

Check out each one of these links and read the information they contain.  Pay attention because there is a question relating each link to Catalyst on the quiz.

1. Teacher Resource file (this has almost everything!):
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/laurieanderson.htm

2. Read biographical information about Laurie at:
http://www.writerlady.com/me.html
&
http://www.childrenslit.com/f_laurieanderson.htm

3. Connect to Laurie's official website (Writer Lady.com) at:
http://www.writerlady.com/

4. Read an interview with Laurie at:
http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-anderson-laurie.asp

5. A Message Board for readers:
http://www.allreaders.com/Board.asp?BoardID=3035

6. Reviews of Catalyst (and other books):
http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/Topic_908.asp

7. A list of all her books at:
http://www.campusi.com/author_Laurie_Halse_Anderson.htm

8. Being a clergyman's daughter at (or a PK, which means preacher's kid):
http://www.dailygamecock.com/news/2003/09/24/Viewpoints/Attack.Of.The.Preachers.Kid-473809.shtml
&
http://www.sptimes.com/News/051301/Columns/A_Preacher_s_Kid_is_e.shtml
&
http://www.angelfire.com/wa/austinawe/pk.html
&
http://ministryhealth.net/mh_articles/317_adolescent_pk.html
&
http://www.preachers-kid.com/ (a message board for PK's)

8. Writing a successful college admissions essay at:
http://www.essayedge.com/college/essayadvice/course/
&
http://collegeapps.about.com/cs/admissionessay/a/aa111303.htm
&
http://www.monet.k12.ca.us/collegehb/WRITING%20THE%20COLLEGE%20ADMISSIONS%20ESSAY.htm
&
http://www.carleton.edu/admissions/essay/

9. Coping with stress at:
http://www.cmha.ca/english/coping_with_stress/

10. Testing you own stress level at:
http://www.cmha.ca/english/info_centre/stresstest.htm

11. Over-exercising to cope with stress at:
http://www.cmha.ca/english/coping_with_stress/

12. Repairing your home after a fire or other disaster at:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/distalrt.htm
&
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d001201-d001300/d001283/d001283.html (electrical safety after a fire or other disaster)

13. Writing your own novel for young adults (a contest) at:
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/games/delacorte.html

14. Literary terms
http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms.html

Take the quiz, or go back to the main page.