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Letters From Catcher In The Rye

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Dear, Mr.Travia

I personally have a passion for LA because I have the chance to learn new words and I also get to read more books to be more advanced at reading.Some of my favorite books are The Catcher In the Rye, the Harry potter series,and My Side of the Mountain.A few of my favorite authors are J.D. Salinger, J.K. Rowling, and Rick Riordan.I am going to go into the J.R.R Tolkien books soon. The type of writing assignments I prefer are essays, research papers,and summaries. I do want to get better at essays. I am assured I can do a strong job on essays.Research papers are appealing to me because I learn extra facts about the topic I would be researching. I wish my teacher knew that my aspiration for this 2017-2018 year is to have
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