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= =  41 East Dewey Ave. Wharton, NJ 07885 March 4, 2011 Mr. Boccino 137 East Central Ave. Wharton, NJ 07885 Dear Mr. Boccino, “Walk Two Moons” is soon to be out of our curriculum?!?! “Walk Two Moons” should remain in our curriculum because of our level of understanding, our ability to connect and that we have much more experience. Here are some of the reasons why. I strongly believe “Walk Two Moons” should stay in the curriculum because, our level of understanding. The words in the book are hard to understand for younger kids. Similarly, some of the younger kids don’t understand, what is going on in the book. For instance, the letters that are left at the door and what each of them say. Also we have more experience between what is going on the story and what is going on in our lives. We experience a lot more things than the younger kids do. For an example, how Salamanca has a crush on Ben. Younger kids don’t really understand what a crush is but 7th graders do. Finally, we have the ability to connect. We have the ability to connect to how Sal might have felt when she had found out that her mother has actually past away. We also can feel how Phoebe felt when she found out that she had step brother. Some of us might have been through all of that stuff, but younger kids wouldn’t be able to connect. Our level of understanding is hard to comprehend for younger kids. Also we have more experience than the younger kids do and we have our ability to connect. If I loved the book and I understood it much more than I did when I was younger, then I believe that we should not remove this book from the curriculum. Sincerely, Johannah Yousuf