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Band 5+: Describe a book that significantly influenced you. You should say: - What the book was about - When you read it - What you learned from it And explain why it had such an impact on you.

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To be honest, I don't like reading, but one book has totally changed my mindset. It's The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. It's a terrible book about actions in World War II. I was very upset when I was reading this book. I was very stressed. The book was about very scary things in the previous century. I read it about one year ago, and I learned from it that we should save other lives. We are people, and we should be kind to each other. Even now, I'm shocked.

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To be honest I don’t like reading but one book have totally changed my mindset. It’s Boy in the Striped Pigeon. It’s terrible book of actions in the world World War II, I was very very upset when I was reading this book. I was very stressful. The book was about very very scary things in the previous century. I read it maybe about one year ago and I learned from it that we should save other lives and We are people and we should be kind to each other. And even now I’m shocked.

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about: 3

very: 3

reading: 2

should: 2

other: 2

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