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Title: Wonderful for all ages
Review: The 9-year-old boy I babysit for read this book and then lent it to me. (I'm 24.) I read it as quickly as I could. DiCamillo is a wonderful writer. She writes about very serious issues: moving, school, alcoholism, parents splitting up, being lonely, being poor, religion, in a way that anyone can understand. Often, books written for children about such serious issues, are obviously meant to be about those issues. This book is simply an engaging story that happens to deal with these issues. You really feel yourself in the story. I loved this book, and will definitely have it in my classroom. Also read Tiger Rising, her other book, and write to her to clamor for more books!
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