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          <body><![CDATA[<em>Heather wrote: &quot;One of the first books I can recall hating was The Westing Game. It was bad enough without having to read it in freshman year of high school and do forty questions a night on this book. However, I ...&quot;</em><br/><br/>UGH! I used to teach this book to my sixth grade Lit students. Heather, I cant believe they made you read it in high school. The gimmick is okay for early 6th grade, but it is telegraphed way too obviously for any average 9th grader to not see it coming from page three. I got so sick of reading this every year!!! ]]></body>
        
    
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