Tuesday in Arizona

About the Reviewer: Tracy Smith has a Bachelor's Degree in English and Creative Writing, and is currently a graduate student in the field of Information Resource and Library Science at the University of Arizona. She works at a branch in the Phoenix Public Library as a part-time library assistant, and hopes to become a full-time children's librarian. She loves working with young children, and loves children's books. Aside from her career, Tracy is in the process of writing a fantasy novel. Her hobbies include reading, writing, and developing the world within her fantasy novel. She has been a Star Wars fan since she was 3, and has recently discovered that she is a synesthete, a term which means sense-together. Her particular synesthetic ability is to be able to "hear color" or see words, numbers and letters in colors. [For more information on synesthesia, please visit her website: http://www.geocities.com/verifiable_synesthesia_info/index.html] (Fall 2003)

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