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Dear Author: Students Write About The Books That Changed Their Lives

Dear Author celebrates the very personal feelings books evoke and reassures us that, despite our television culture, books continue to affect readers powerfully. Including 75 touching letters from Read Magazine's Letters About Literature contest, this collection highlights favorites by such authors as Maya Angelou, Alex Haley, John Steinbeck, Anne Frank, Judy Blume, E. B. White, and Toni Morrison.

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