... a part of his book to make the characters come to life. Reading makes the world seem peaceful. Reading takes you to a world where nothing exists except for you and your book. The strange quietness occurs when I read with Steven's reader and we fall deeply into the story, and it remains quite until we return to reality. In J.D. Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye," I have always felt a strange connection ... with the main character, Holden Caulfield. It is not that he is troubled that makes me ... feel like I am one with him, but because he is a typical teenager with the same worri...

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