29. The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
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30. About the Author Cynthia Rylant
Cynthia Rylant was born in Virginia. After her parents divorced, Cynthia went to live with her grandparents in Cool Ridge, West Virginia, while her mother attended nursing school. When Cynthia was eight, she and her mother moved to Beaver, West Virginia. Although she went on to college and graduate school, ultimately earning a Master of Library Science degree at Kent State University in Ohio, her early years had a great impact on her writing.

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