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Teen author lands big book deal

Jake Marcionette was just 12 years old when he started cold-calling literary agents hoping to land a deal to get his book published. The young author’s tale about the hardships of middle school life goes on sale this week, and he’s already at work on a sequel. Jim Axelrod reports.
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