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I always go to the Agriculture Building, where they make apple cider popsicles for a dollar.

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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Agriculture
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