![]() ![]() They buy black market flour but it isn’t really flour, just paste! Living in the cellar while bombs go off above. I Am Fifteen - And I Don’t Want to Die by Christine Arnothy: Before I got into junior high and became obsessed with depressing Holocaust memoirs, this was my gateway drug. What I Learned: Wouldn’t it be great to get kidnapped? Yes, you might be a little sad, but basically it would be a great adventure. ![]() Life back with all these white folk is weird. Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee by Patricia Beatty: A child is kidnapped by Native Americans. Though I’ve read thousands of books since 1990 at a rate of about 100 a year, these titles are ones that stand out in my memory. That’s just how things work out for smart, savvy, literary girls.īut the books I read in elementary and middle school have stuck with me. I was also certain I’d marry a best friend, not a romantic love. I worried for years about scurvy, consumption, and other old-timey maladies I learned about in novels. I was a child who read too much, and am now an adult with the same habit. ![]()
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