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Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Laurie Halse Anderson - Thursday, May 14 at 6:30 PM at Museum of the American Revolution in Old City, PhiladelphiaOld City

Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Laurie Halse Anderson

Thursday, May 14 at 6:30 PM·6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.·Old City·Museum of the American Revolution

Author Laurie Halse Anderson will join the Museum’s Read the Revolution Speaker Series for a lecture and discussion about her process to research and write historical fiction for generations of young readers.

Author Laurie Halse Anderson will join the Museum’s Read the Revolution Speaker Series for a lecture and discussion about her process to research and write historical fiction for generations of young readers.

Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Laurie Halse Anderson starts at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 7:30 p.m.

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