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I read it to understand why some people feel the way they do about walt. I became tremendously successful and beloved by children of all ages because of my belief that even the impossible is possible. Born as paul le page barnett in aberdeen, scotland, grant has sometimes written under his own name paul barnett, as eve devereux, and under various other pseudonyms. Nancy harrison has 119 books on goodreads with 125066 ratings.
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