I Am Monala Zafar

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I am Monala Zafar and I will be telling the story about how I started reading. Reading was everything to me. I would read before bed and in my free time. Reading was a great experience when I liked it. Reading started when I was about to go into 1st grade and my brother was going into 7th grade. He was reading his summer book for his summer assignment. I remember asking him what kind of book that is and he says it’s a mystery book. I wanted to read that same exact book. When he handed me the book I couldn't read any of the words in the book because it was a seventh-grade level book. The next day my mom took me to the library and I picked out the Dr.Suess books. I loved the Dr.Suess book because they were so funny and they rhymed. Dr.

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