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How do we measure up to our parents' expectations? Does everybody deserve a day off? What's the toughest part of being a homeschooled kid? Our group of readers from the Broomfield Public Library in Colorado weigh in on these questions and more as they discuss Lisa Graff's novel Absolutely Almost. Lisa talks about where the characters came from and how she wrote her first book for her newborn baby brother. NYC actor Thaddeus Fitzpatrick is celebrity reader. Kitty Felde is host. FAVORITE BOOKS FROM THE BROOMFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY: Eragon - Christopher Paolini Warriors...
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- 164 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 31 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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It's the Book Club for Kids! It's the Book Club for Kids! It's the Book Club for Kids! It's the Book Club for Kids!
It's the Book Club for Kids Podcast! Hi, I'm Kitty Feldy. Did you ever have one of those days when everything seems to go wrong? Well, the hero in our book, Albie, has had one of those days. Before I even took down the covers on Monday, I knew it would be a day not even donuts could
solve. That's our celebrity reader, Thaddeus Fitzpatrick, reading from Lisa Graff's novel, Absolutely Almost. We'll hear from Lisa, who tells us about writing her very first book.
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