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hi, i need help finding a book i read a few years ago. i forgot the title and the author's name. it was a children's historical fiction book. anyway, it took place in america, 18th century, and it was about a 14 year old girl, mattie (matilda anne harris, i think her name was), and she got a recommendation letter from her teacher at school to go to a special writing school for the summer. her mother thought that girls shouldn't know how to write, so she doesn't let her go. so, mattie's older brother helps her run away. the founder/owner/teacher of the class was platt rogers spencer, and he had a big family. he let mattie stay in his house, since all the other students lived nearby. mattie was the only girl in the class, and some boys made fun of her, but she made friends with one names phineas. the rest of the book was about her summer at the school. (platt rogers spencer and matilda anne harris were real people, but matilda anne harris might not be mattie's name. i'm not sure cuz i found a poem i wrote down from that book. i don't know if these 2 real people are connected in any way.) i hope u can find this book! i've looked in all kinds of searches! some key words: pen, writing, you know, things that relate to those words. i loved that book so much!!! if u find it, plz tell me! (i'm new to this, so i don't know how, but plz do!) thx!