† Designated as an Exemplary Final Project for 2016-17 I Want Them to Read Again: Stories and Moral Imagination in the Middle Grades Language Arts Classroom Katie Elizabeth Eller Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amy Laura Hall Associate Professor of Christian Ethics Duke Divinity School Date Submitted: April 3, 2017 This project was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Graduate Liberal Studies Program in the Graduate School of Duke University.