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Article Excerpt
Recently, my brother, Laurent, put all of his childhood books up for grabs on his blog. He was getting rid of his clutter. I was really upset.
"Hey!" I protested. "You can't give away my books!"
"They're not your books," Laurent said. "They were in my room. I just let you borrow them."
In this moment I realized that, growing up, I'd had two libraries. Mine, in my bedroom, filled with girly faves like The Secret Garden, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, all the Judy Blumes and Beverly Clearys--books that any tween girl would be proud to display.
And then there was my brother's bookshelf.
All this time, my truly favorite books from childhood were in his...
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