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Turnage's Path To Writing From First Grade to Newbery Honor
Sheila Turnage won a 2013 Newbery Honor for Three Times Lucky her first kids novel Growin Sheila began writing in first grade after a teacher praised her work and had her read to third graders. She recalls feeling terrified yet ultimately confident in her storytelling. The piece notes her husband runs a home restoration business and their North Carolina yard hosts deer turkeys coyotes rabbits and chickens.
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