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"  Wow, that&amp;#039;s a huge book. What is it? Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. It follows the building of a cathedral in England during the 1100&amp;#039;s, and it spans many years. It&amp;#039;s all about a noblewoman, the peasant boy that falls in love with her, and a really jerky nobleman\u2014the kind that&amp;#039;s into raping and pillaging. It sounds clich\u00E9d, but it&amp;#039;s amazing.  How did you come across it? I was sitting around the Christmas table with my two aunts and my mother. They said they loved it, so I picked it up. Be honest, did they get it from Oprah&amp;#039;s Book Club? I would not be surprised. But some of the guys I know read Ken Follett and really like his books too.  That makes sense. He&amp;#039;s actually known for his thrillers. Yeah, this was a romance, but it was also very, uh, violent. So do you have any reading spots other than Washington Square Park? Yeah, Central Park and the High Line. And I read on the subway to and from work every day. I teach fourth grade in the Bronx, and it&amp;#039;s an hour commute, so I fly through books.  Do you ever bring what you read into the classroom? Yeah, there&amp;#039;s a young adult version of Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson, that my co-teacher and I read to our kids. Mortenson went to climb mountains in Pakistan and stayed to build schools there. Now he has a project called Pennies for Peace that raises money for schools in the area, and we started raising money in the classroom for them. The young adult version is written in simpler language that the kids can understand, but it&amp;#039;s the exact same story, which is cool. Photo: Angela Bliumis "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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