Based on the descriptions you've provided, here are the matched connections:
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text-to-text connection: The theme of this novel is similar to a poem that I read last year.
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text-to-self connection: This book takes place in a town very similar to the one that I live in.
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text-to-world connection: The main character in this book fights for gender equality, just like the USA women's soccer team did after winning the World Cup.