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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
Kate DiCamillo
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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)
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Despereaux marveled at his own bravery. He admired his own defiance. And then, reader, he fainted.
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Things are not at all what they seem to be: oh no, not at all.
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