Masks (Vet Volunteers) - Softcover

Anderson, Laurie Halse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142412570 ISBN 13: 9780142412572

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers, 2012

Synopsis

After Sunita's beloved pet cat, Mittens, gets injured on her watch, she wonders if vet work is right for her. She takes an internship at a research lab, but learns that they test on animals and eventually put them to sleep. Sunita loves animals, but can she find a way to work with them without harming them?

About this title

About the Author:

Laurie Halse Anderson has received both the Margaret Edwards Award and the ALAN Award for her contributions to young adult literature. She has also been honored by the National Coalition Against Censorship in recognition of her fight to combat the censoring of literature. She is the author of the groundbreaking National Book Award finalist and Printz Honor Book Speak. She is also author of the critically acclaimed YA books Prom, Twitsted, Catalyst, Wintergirls, and The Impossible Knife of Memory. She has also authored a number of middle grade titles including The Vet Volunteers series, and the historical fiction Seeds of America Trilogy, which includes Forge, ALA Best Book for Young Adults Fever 1793, and the National Book Award finalist and Scott O’Dell Award-winner Chains. She and her husband live in northern New York State. Follow Laurie on Twitter @halseanderson and visit her at madwomanintheforest.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0142412570
• ISBN 13: 9780142412572
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 99