It was such an honor to have a Laurie Halse Anderson, an authority on finding and analyzing historical documents, join the Everything is a Primary Source so the two of us could discuss the power of primary sources.

Laurie has made a career out of working with primary sources.  Her bibliography of nearly 30 books for children and young adults includes several historical fiction titles, and she is adamant about using the documents and artifacts that she researches fully as a way to project as much truth about the past as possible.