LibGuides: The Big Read: 2019-2020: Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie's Website

Laurie Halse Anderson's official website

Laurie's Books

Ashes

Catalyst

Chains

Fever 1793

Forge

Impossible Knife of Memory

Prom

Shout

Speak

Speak Graphic

Twisted

Wintergirls

Resources for Fever, 1793

Yellow Fever - World Health Organization
Learn what we know about yellow fever today.

An American Plague by Jim Murphy
Call Number: 614.5 MUR
ISBN: 0395776082
Publication Date: 2003
This award-winning non-ficton book talks about the same epidemic that is the setting of Fever, 1793.

Lit Circle Discussion Questions
These questions are from Scholastic.
Google Lit Trip
Google Lit trip for Fever 1793.

Resources for Chains, Forge and Ashes

American Revolution - Britannica
Read about American Revolution.
Interactive Timeline and Map
Explore the books with this Map.

American Revolution by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff; Stuart Murray
ISBN: 9780756610609
Publication Date: 2005-04-11

About the books and discussion questions
Discussing books with Laurie Halse Handerson

Resources for Speak and Shout

#metoo - Wikipedia
Learn about #metoo movement

#metoo by The New York Times Editorial (Editor)
ISBN: 9781642820010
Publication Date: 2018-08-15

Speak - Discussion Questions

Resources for Twisted

Discussion Questions

Resources for Catalyst

Discussion Questions
Getting into College
Article by Laurie Halse Anderson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Periodic Table of Elements

Resources for Wintergirls

Discussion Questions
National Eating Disorders Association
Wintergirls Facts
by Laurie Halse Anderson

Book Descriptions

Interviews with Laurie

Destiny Library Catalog

Once you finish your book, see what other Laurie Halse Anderson books are in our collection.
We have some as audiobooks, ebooks, and in Korean.

Click here to access Laurie Halse Anderson's Books

Interesting articles by and about Laurie

20 Years After 'Speak,' Laurie Halse Anderson Tells Her Own Story In 'Shout'
Listen to this interview with Laurie on NPR.
She Spent 20 Years Teaching Teens About Sexual Assault. Now She's Sharing Her Own Story
This article is from Time magazine.
I’ve Talked With Teenage Boys About Sexual Assault for 20 Years. This Is What They Still Don’t Know
This is an article Laurie wrote for Time.
Get a first look at Laurie Halse Anderson’s powerful memoir SHOUT's all-new paperback cover
Laurie Halse Anderson introduces and shares some of the backstory for creating Speak: The Graphic Novel.
A Writer Interviewed Her Rapist 14 Years Later. The Resulting Book Is Unsettling and Timely.
This article is from Time Magazine.
Laurie Halse Anderson, Who Wrote Hit Y.A. Novel About Rape Survivor, Shares Her Own Assault Story
This article is from People Magazine.
New York Times Book Review
From Prose to Comics: SPEAK Creator Opens Up About Adapting Her Critically Acclaimed Novel
Laurie Halse Anderson on her groundbreaking book Speak being reissued as a graphic novel
EPISODE 17 – LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON
National Council of Teachers of English.
Laurie Halse Anderson Reflects on the “Seeds of America” Trilogy
School Library Journal
Fall 2016 Publishers' Preview: Five Questions for Laurie Halse Anderson
This artlcle is from Horn Book.
Interview with Laurie Halse Anderson
By Goodreads.
Where's the love for reading and writing? An Interview with Laurie Halse Anderson
By Education Week
15 YEARS OF SPEAK: AN INTERVIEW WITH LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON
Laurie Halse Anderson on her book, The Impossible Knife of Memory
The Huffington Post
Q & A with Laurie Halse Anderson
By Publishersweekly.

Resources for Prom

Discussion Questions

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