A bumpy start

Laurie Halse Anderson struggled with learning to read. Once she cracked the code, she became a voracious reader and then discovered writing.

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Laurie Halse Anderson

Children’s Author

Author Laurie Halse Anderson writes about the past and present, real people and imagined characters. She plays with form and style to present individuals from the inside, and looks at real history and women who played a role in it. Her middle-grade historical fiction book, Chains, was a National Book Award finalist. She also has a particular love for animals, expressed in her ongoing series, Vet Volunteers. 

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About Reading, Children’s Books, Spelling and Word Study, Struggling Readers, Writing
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