Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Speak | 1999 | Laurie Halse Anderson | Buy |
| 2 | Fever 1793 | 2000 | Laurie Halse Anderson | Buy |
| 3 | Catalyst | 2002 | Laurie Halse Anderson | Buy |
| 4 | Prom | 2005 | Laurie Halse Anderson | Buy |
| 5 | Twisted | 2007 | Laurie Halse Anderson | Buy |
| 6 | Wintergirls | 2009 | Laurie Halse Anderson | Buy |
| 7 | The Impossible Knife of Memory | 2014 | Laurie Halse Anderson | Buy |
| 8 | Rebellion 1776 | 2025 | Laurie Halse Anderson | Buy |
Laurie Halse Anderson’s standalone novels cover a lot of ground. Speak (1999) is about a girl who stops talking after being raped. Fever 1793 (2000) is set during the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Wintergirls (2009) follows two friends battling eating disorders. Rebellion 1776 (2025) is historical fiction about the Revolution. The connecting thread is teenagers dealing with things that are too big for them.
The tone varies by book, from the raw first-person voice of Speak to the more conventional historical storytelling of Fever 1793 and Rebellion 1776. Catalyst (2002) is set in the same high school as Speak, making it the closest thing to a connected work in the group.