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Virginia Euwer Wolff Quotes: I tell you this because books for young readers are so often written about that very moment: the moment of the fork. The moment the old man cannot return to.
         

I tell you this because books for young readers are so often written about that very moment: the moment of the fork. The moment the old man cannot return to.


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I tell you this because books for young readers are so often written about that very moment: the moment of the fork. The moment the old man cannot return to.
         



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This page presents the quote "I tell you this because books for young readers are so often written about that very moment: the moment of the fork. The moment the old man cannot return to.". Author of this quote is Virginia Euwer Wolff. This quote is about books, young-adult, retrospect, change,.