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Literary Criticism
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Elizabeth George Speare was a stay at home Mom who didn't seriously write until her forties, and yet her award winning books are taught in schools and known throughout the world. What was this homemaker turned author trying to teach her YA readers and did she succeed?
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Books in Their Hands: Why Elizabeth George Speare Wrote
Elizabeth George Speare was a stay at home Mom who didn't seriously write until her forties, and yet her award winning books are taught in schools and known throughout the world. What was this homemaker turned author trying to teach her YA readers and did she succeed?