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(WestSide Books, Oct 2011)
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SkinWalkers: 
Laurie Halse Anderson’s Chains won the 2009 Scott O’Dell Award
Laurie Halse Anderson won the 2009 Scott O’Dell Award for her YA book Chains
(Simon & Schuster, October 2008). The award, which was established by Scott O’Dell (author of Island of the Blue Dolphins
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my 
February 15th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
A friend shared this incredible book with us (my nine year old daughter and me). We both TORE through it- the story was engaging but the writing (the author’s crafting of the story, more specifically) made CHAINS a fast favorite to both generations of readers. We can’t wait for FORGED!!! We were transported to Revolutionary New York.