The Book That Changed My Life: Gabrielle Zevin Picks Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White — novelicious.com

From the age of six until the age of ten, I moved three times, which meant I changed schools three times. Consequently, my education had gaps and overlaps in it that it might not have otherwise had. One such overlap was that I ended up reading the children’s book, Charlotte’s Web, with three different classes.  For those who haven’t read it, Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White is about a pig named Wilbur who learns that his fate, like the fate of most pigs, is to become next year’s bacon. It’s about a spider, the titular Charlotte, who comes up with a plan to save Wilbur. The story opens in media res with one of the best first sentences of any book I have ever read: “Where’s Papa going with that ax?”

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