Author KATHERINE PATERSON to Speak on "Lyddie and the Power of Historical Fiction" This Thursday, May 3
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 3, 2012
Where: UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, 50 Warren St., Lowell, MA
Each
year, thousands of students on field trips to Lowell bring with them a
knowledge of Lowell’s industrial history that they acquired by reading
about fictional "mill girl" Lyddie Worthen, the main character of
Katherine Paterson’s beloved novel "Lyddie." Paterson, the Library of
Congress's 2010-2012 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature,
will talk about how historical research, a compelling plot, and a
feisty female character combine to create a novel that breathes life
into the story of Lowell’s 19th-century textile mills and the labor
activism of "mill girls."
To reserve your place at this event, please email: tihc@uml.edu.
