YASMEIRY ACOSTA
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Eileen Cook:
hello I am a 8th grader and I was wondering what were you think of when you wrote the" book Almost the truth". Did this story really happened to you?
Eileen Cook
Hi Yasmeiry- Thanks so much for writing. The story in The Almost Truth didn't happen to me. The idea came from two places. The first is that I think most teens go through a period where your parents seem so odd that you wonder if its possible you aren't even related to them. The biggest inspiration came from seeing a missing child poster that had an age enhanced photo on it. I turned to a friend and said- wouldn't it be weird if you looked like one of those photos? Then it suddenly hit me that would be a great starting place for a book.
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Naomi
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Eileen Cook:
Hello! I have always loved fairies and tried to make my own little books about them but never seem to be able to get my pencil on the paper. I am wondering how you came up with the idea of the fourth grade fairy series. Did you ever think fairies were real when you were young and thought you might write about that? Or did the idea just come to your head? I love them all and are hoping you write more!
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