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When Christopher Paul Curtis was younger, who were his three main people who encouraged

become a writer? why?

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Answer: Although the novel is set in the 1930s during the Great Depression, Curtis was not trying to teach readers about history. He was using his grandfathers (one a band leader, the other a Negro League baseball pitcher) as models for characters.

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