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1 Margaret Peterson Haddix, Jennifer A Neilsen; Historical Fiction

2. Hanging out at the local movie theater. Going to the lake; swimming and riding on our speed boat.📽🏊🚤

3 Yes! We had a traffic light hooked up in our lunch room. If the light was red there was no talking during lunch. During 5th and 6th grade it was red 99% of the time.🚦🙄🤐

4 The tagged book had lots of great reviews!

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I‘m late to the party but wanted to play!
1. Yes! I started reading at age 4/5. In 4th- it was all the nancy drew series. 5th- all stephen King Cujo freaked me out 🤨! 6th- WWII books like Mein Kampf. I was an advanced reader. Needed to know my grandma‘s history.
2. scented stickers, Hello Kitty stationary, Bonny Bell lip balm, Gilligan‘s Island & always reading!
3. Elvis Presley died, Ronald Reagan assassination attempt, AIDS Crisis.

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Oh, this is going to date me!

1. I loved reading. I begged to go to the library.
2. Beverly Hillbillies, Saturday Night at the Movies—this was long before cable, much less Netflix.
3. The Kennedy assassination
4. Tagged was first of a series I remember, but, other than this series, Nancy Drew, and of course Little Women, it‘s too long ago to remember many.
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1. I think I‘ve been reading since forever, how‘s that? I loved the Nancy Drew series. Also Harriet the Spy, Ramona the Pest, some Judy Blume & William Steig. 📚
2. I loved Barbies & EZ-bake stoves; Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion 🎥; Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Avengers, The Saint & Dark Shadows 📺; and swimming.
3. President Kennedy was killed; Beatles on Ed Sullivan; Vietnam war; March on Washington-MLK speech

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4. Done
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1) I began reading after 8, when Enid Blyton books turned me literate. Between 8 - 12, I read Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Famous Five, Secret Seven, St Clare's/ Malory Towers, Ramona and Sweet Valley High, to name a few.

2) Carebears, Smurfs, M.A.S.K, riding the bicycle

3) There was a local disaster - collapse of Hotel New World

4) tagged is a recent favourite #MGLit

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1. Little House, Anne of Green Gables, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary books.
2. Bike rides and roller skating, barbies, E.T., Star Wars
3. The Royal Wedding, Sally Ride, Michael Jackson
4. I had so many I loved but this is the one that came to mind first 😁
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1. Yes! Since 1st grade. Little House series, Babysitters Club, Anastasia Krupnik series, Trixie Belden
2. Karate Kid, Cosby Show, Knight Rider, Scarecrow and Mrs. King
3. Michael Jackson, Challenger
4. Tagged but so hard to choose

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#MiddleGradeMarch Survey! #mgms
1. I‘ve loved reading since I was a small child. It was something my parents always encouraged and they never said no to buying a book, a privilege I‘ve been fortunate enough to continue with my own child. Sweet Valley High, Books by Christopher Pike, RL Stine
2. MTV, The Princess Bride, The Goonies, riding my bike to the library and all over town
3. Iran-Contra, Bush beats Dukakis, Fall of Berlin Wall

1. I LOVED reading at that age and still do! The Ramona Quimby books were a favorite.

2. Books, stickers, Nintendo, riding my bike, collecting things, My Little Pony, The Simpson‘s

3. Exxon oil spill, Bill Clinton, PeeWee Herman, Michael Jackson, Waco Siege

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