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The image I had was very clear, and so in that way The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane began like other books.

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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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Journey
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Edward
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Miraculous
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