So my favorite book of all time is about Harry Potter. It’s Harry Potter. And I first read it when I was about in fifth grade, I think. And uh, I was very little. And as a second language reading uh, uh, that long book, I think I read all the seven book, ah, eight books about um, in two years, I think. And I think during the two years I had the best journey of reading a book because they were all magical to me. And I read it so slowly marking words uh, each by each because I was only just learning English, uh, as a very little kid. So there were a lot of uh, words and grammars that I didn’t really comprehend about. But uh, as I was reading the book at the same time I was watching the movie. So I had a simple understanding of what was going on. And I think by reading those books my English has improved a lot by that. And it’s about, I think Harry Potter is a very renowned book and famous all around the world. But basically it’s about a uh, very special boy. And he’s in a wizarding world. And he lost his, both of his parents and fights a villain called Voldemort who he killed both of his parents. And the journey uh, with the Harry Potter was very magical. And I was reading all about magic. So uh, for some period of time I did truly believe in magic. I kind of still do. I still want to go to hog ##ds and be part of that world. And the reason why it’s so special in my heart is that every time I see Harry Potter I reminisce about my childhood. And uh, I have this nostalologyia about uh, those two years I’ve had with Harry Potter. Every time I go to school, every time I open my notebooks I had this little fantasy in me that oh, I, I will study in Hogwarts in the, if I study hard. So I think it pushed me through with my academics too. So it took a very special heart. So it took a very special place in my heart.
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So my favorite book of all time is about Harry Potter. It's Harry Potter. I first read it when I was in fifth grade, I think. I was very little. As a second language learner, reading that long book, I think I read all seven books, or eight books, in about two years. During those two years, I had the best journey of reading a book because they were all magical to me. I read it slowly, marking words one by one because I was just learning English as a very little kid. There were a lot of words and grammar that I didn't really comprehend. But as I was reading the book, I was also watching the movie, so I had a simple understanding of what was going on. I think by reading those books, my English improved a lot. Harry Potter is a very renowned book and famous all around the world. Basically, it's about a very special boy in a wizarding world. He lost both of his parents and fights a villain called Voldemort, who killed both of his parents. The journey with Harry Potter was very magical, and I was reading all about magic. For some period of time, I truly believed in magic. I kind of still do. I still want to go to Hogwarts and be part of that world. The reason why it's so special in my heart is that every time I see Harry Potter, I reminisce about my childhood. I have this nostalgia about those two years I had with Harry Potter. Every time I go to school, every time I open my notebooks, I have this little fantasy that if I study hard, I will study in Hogwarts. I think it pushed me through with my academics too. It took a very special place in my heart.
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