Kevin Henkes Quotes

When I was a boy, one of my uncles had a cabin on a lake in Wisconsin. My family went there for parts of three summers, and I loved it!

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• When I was a boy, one of my uncles had a cabin on a lake in Wisconsin. My family went there for parts of three summers, and I loved it!

  

  Kevin Henkes
  • Family
  • Boy
  • Lake