Tricia Baltzersen's eyes light up when she talks about books. "My mom used to read this story ... ‘Are You My Mother.' Every night, my mom would read that book to me. It would make me cry," said Baltzersen of Algonquin. The 47-year-old sixth-grade literacy teacher at Marlowe Middle School in Lake in the Hills says the key to getting students excited about reading is matching them with the right book.
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