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A Short Summary Of The Book 'Response To Harrie'
Name: Zaman Ahmed
Independent Reading Date: 01/14/2012
Summary
In the first half of the book we get to learn that Carrie believes way too much in luck. She thinks that her luck comes from one of her special red t-shirt. After losing it she gets really worried and feels that she’ll lose everything that she have gained. Her mom tells her that mistakenly her mom have donated it to one the charities. She also tells her that it has been sent to a foreign land which is India. Carrie wants that shirt back so badly that she goes to India to look for that shirt.
When she gets there she doesn’t know anyone who could help her. The worst part is that she doesn’t know how to speak their language neither do they know the language. Carrie begins to

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