Camille Gavin is arts columnist for the Bakersfield Californian. She is the author of four books. Her most recent one, "Dear Cora," based on letters written by her grandfather H. P. Bender between 1888 and 1904, is available from IUniverse.
When I was eight or nine years old, I read a series of books about children in other countries.
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