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Yesterday I wrote about word mix-ups. Thinking a word means one thing only to find
out it means another—and that you’ve been using it...<div class="feedflare">
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   Editor of&nbsp;www.weeklyreader.com.


   Sometimes we can get a poor innocent word all wrong.




   Being a writer, it goes...<div class="feedflare">
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   edited version of an interview with Jack Gantos. Today, we present to you, the interview
   with the author in its entirety. Enjoy!

 


   READ:...<div class="feedflare">
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   Thanks to Joshua P. who sent in this poem about the justice he wishes to see in this
   world. 

 

   Strong,...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.weeklyreader.com/readandwriting/PermaLink,guid,c06911a2-f5cf-46ca-92c4-63bc62996825.aspx</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>2012</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readandwriting/~3/2oSS63PKHv4/PermaLink,guid,18c9d324-711a-4ad3-8201-2f260f4ece5d.aspx</link><category>Fiction</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:35:46 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.weeklyreader.com/readandwriting/PermaLink,guid,18c9d324-711a-4ad3-8201-2f260f4ece5d.aspx</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[In our STRANGER THAN FICTION issue, we asked you to write a story
   about the last day on earth, before the supposed 2012 apocalypse. Here is one student's
   story. Enjoy!



   Gotta Live Before I...<div class="feedflare">
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   story similar to the War of the Worlds idea. Below is one student's rendition. Enjoy.



   MARS ATTACKS!

   By Matthew Villegas



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   we asked you to come up with some crazy and creative headlines for the following fantastic
   photos. Thanks to everyone who...<div class="feedflare">
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   from the fake. Now, we're ready to reveal the answers.  



   1. Man in the Attic: Remember this story? It was...<div class="feedflare">
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   nursery rhymes that were bogged down with apoetic*, clunky, and cumbersome synonyms.
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