Souhegan freshmen Skype with best-selling novelist

Souhegan High School students recently had the opportunity to Skype with Marie Lu, the author of the New York Times best-selling novel “Legend.” The students were able to talk to Lu and ask her questions about the book, its upcoming sequel and what it’s like to be an author. The freshmen enrolled in English honors spent their lunch and advisory period in a classroom with a projection of the Skype set up. Teachers involved in the project were Ken Boisselle, Sarah Sandri and Matt MacDonald. The students had read the book, and they were able to ask questions such as: What scene was the most fun to write? What major changes were made during the editing process? What is your method as you write? Lu had time to thoroughly respond to each student’s question and to give them advice for writing. She was impressed with the quality of the students’ questions. “The questions the Souhegan kids asked were some of the most detailed I’ve gotten,” she said. Lu seemed to enjoy the conversation as she gave in-depth answers, elaborating on her responses. “I had tons of fun,” she said in an email interview after the event. The students seemed to enjoy the Skype session, as well. “I actually really liked it,” Emma Naprta said. “She was a lot more charismatic and relatable than I thought she would be.” Lu told students about how she started writing and how they can start their journey to becoming an author.