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The day I was born.

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"Picky Mrs. Pickle" was my favorite book as a child. I would read it, or have my parents read it to me. The book followed Mrs. Pickle, a woman who would only eat things that were pickled or green.

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"The Green Book" was my favorite book in elementary school. I believe we read it as a class in third grade, but I just could never put it down. The book followed a girl who had to leave Earth because it was dying. After traveling through space they found a new planet, but things were definitely not the same as earth.

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"The Pirates of Chesapeake Bay" was my first musical. I auditioned in third grade and had the opportunity to be Pirate #4. It was my first musical of many, and the first time that I realized that books and stories come in many different shapes and forms.

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My favorite book series in elementary school

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My favorite book series in elementary school

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As I continued through elementary school the "Twilight" series came out. These books I quickly became emotionally invested in. I read the series countless times, and If I ever got grounded I would just go to my room and read my books. My parents quickly learned that if they wanted me to clean my room, they would have to take the books away too.

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Although I was often times reading scripts for theatre you could also find me reading sheet music for choir. I found my love for music through theatre and reading music has always come naturally to me. I was the president of my chamber choir, crimson camerata, my senior year of high school, and I participated in a plethora of solo, small ensembles, and large ensembles, in high school.

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Although it was not my favorite book in elementary school "Rash" by Pete Hautman is another book that I remember reading over and over again. It is a book set in the future that tells of a boy who ends up in prison for causing a rash around his school.

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My favorite book series in middle school

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My favorite book series in middle school

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When I started middle school the Hunger Games trilogy started becoming popular. Similar to "Twilight" I become emotionally invested in the characters lives and I could not put the books down.

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As I continued throughout middle school and high school my love for theatre grew. To this day I have been in 36 musicals, acting, singing, directing, and helping backstage. I have not been in any since high school, but Theatre continues to shape who I am as a reader, student, and educator.

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My love for reading in high school (other than music or theatre scripts) faded. I often found myself struggling to read books for classes because I was frustrated that I was being forced to read. This left me feeling hopeless and made me lose my love of reading.

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As I entered into college my relationship with reading was still complicated. I was still being required to read books in the classroom but now I had time to read books that I wanted to read. I am now in the process of learning how to love to read again