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And so he was reading the story as if it were a spell and the words of it, spoken aloud, could make magic happen.

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Story
Words
Aloud
Happens
Spell
Stories
Spells
Make
Spoken
Magic
Happen
Reading

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