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The Samurai's Garden: A Novel 118 reviews
Gail Tsukiyama
St. Martin's Griffin, 1996
Beautiful
+ Beautiful and Moving
+ Great Read!
+ A beautifully crafted novel
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Shadow Spinner (A Jean Karl Book)66 reviews
Susan Fletcher
Aladdin Paperbacks, 1999
Great read!
+ wanting more
This book was both spell-binding and educational. I read it to my 11 and 12 year old daughters. They could read it themselves, but I enjoyed it too. It has a mature theme, but it is handled well. It also has a subtle wisdom that is neither preachy nor heavy handed. Love is the greatest of ...
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Strawberry Hill 4 reviews
A. LaFaye
Aladdin, 2000
A Lesson on Strawberry Hill
+ Feeling Alittle Out of Place In Your Family?
+ I love this book!!!
+ anniezaq@yahoo.com thinks it's GREAT!
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Sarah And the Naked Truth 1 review
Elisa Lynn Carbone
Cloonfad Press, 2006
Miriam's Review
I really liked the book Sarah and the Naked Truth. This book is about real friendship amoung three girls, who each have a special secret. Reading the story you see that you should always be your true self even if you are afraid. Also be prepared for some really funny parts!! P.S. This is also a ...
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Starting School with an Enemy3 reviews
Elisa Lynn Carbone
Cloonfad Press, 2005
Great book written like kids would really write it.
+ starting school with an enemy review
+ Dealing with enemies is an important skill.
I think it was a good book. I am eleven years old and I should know what it would be like starting school with an enemy. After all, I am a kid. My mom also got a big laugh out of this book.
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The Moon Lady (Aladdin Picture Books)7 reviews
Amy Tan
Aladdin, 1995
Read to Your Child to Develop Bonding and Intellect!
+ Very good
+ Beautiful Children's Book
+ kids love it
+ A Good Read At Any Age
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Oystercatchers: A Novel3 reviews
Susan Fletcher
W. W. Norton, 2007
Beautifully written about a challenging person
+ Captivating in prose but confusing too
+ "I do not lay a false, lovely world down on your bed anymore."
In my copy of the book, Susan Fletcher reflects (in an appendix) on the risk of creating a character who is not wholly likable. I think it is this complexity, rather than any self-importance (referring to the above summary reviews) that permeates the book. Moira is *not* always likeable: sometimes ...
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The Pack7 reviews
Elisa Carbone
Puffin, 2006
READ THIS
+ Hayden's Review
+ Gabe Stevens Special Review!
+ What's up with Akhil Vyas?
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Blood on the River: James Town, 160714 reviews
Elisa Carbone
Puffin, 2007
A Teacher's Perspective
+ It captured my sons attention
+ Great read.
+ Historical Fiction At Its Best
+ Terrific book: Blood on the River
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Saving Fish from Drowning: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) 204 reviews
Amy Tan
Ballantine Books, 2006
I just can't put it down
+ A Wonderful Adventure!
+ Brilliant! Amy Tan does it again!
+ Lighten up, naysayers!
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Brian's Return76 reviews
Gary Paulsen
Laurel Leaf, 2001
Brian's Return
+ Best book of the year Brian's Return
+ Bryce from Lake Tapps- Brain's Back
+ Amazingly good!
+ An awsome second part!
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Night of Many Dreams: A Novel 32 reviews
Gail Tsukiyama
St. Martin's Griffin, 1999
I enjoyed the book, but not the sequence of events
+ Tsukeyama delivers through her voice
I found this book in a hospital waiting room recently while waiting for a family member receiving a treatment. After about three pages, I was hooked and conned a nurse into letting me borrow it from the hospital.
Overall, the book was well written, interesting, and informative. If it is ...
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The Strength of Saints2 reviews
A. LaFaye
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2002
A Story of Strength and Triumph
+ The best yet
LaFaye continues with Nissa's story of self-discovery and independence in The Strength of Saints. Here, Nissa is in the process of discovering the fact that she is indeed her own person. As Heirah points out, Nissa is neither like her, Ivar, or Nissa's new step-mother, Lara--she is a unique and ...
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Crooked River4 reviews
Shelley Pearsall
Yearling, 2007
Historical Fiction At Its Best!
+ rocking book
+ A Clash of Cultures
+ Cry me a river
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The Language of Threads: A Novel29 reviews
Gail Tsukiyama
St. Martin's Griffin, 2000
So Much To Like about this author's Wrting Style
+ A wonderful sequel.
+ The Language of Threads
+ The Language of Threads: A Novel
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Dreaming Water18 reviews
Gail Tsukiyama
St. Martin's Griffin, 2003
The Nature of Loss
+ She did it again!
This is the first book I've read by this author and it was passed to me by a friend who had enjoyed it. I think it is one of the finest stories I've read on the nature of loss in all its forms and how it is experienced by everyone that is touched by loss. Max lost his freedom; Cate lost her dream ...
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Lawn Boy18 reviews
Gary Paulsen
Wendy Lamb Books, 2007
Good read!
+ 11YR. OLD SON LOVED THIS ONE
+ Great book!!
+ What can happen when you start your own business?
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The Kitchen God's Wife163 reviews
Amy Tan
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
A Story of a Woman's Relationship With Her Daughter
+ Great Service!
+ Riveting, inspiring and educational
+ Savory!
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Stealing Freedom19 reviews
Elisa Carbone
Yearling, 2001
Dr. Ellwood Harvey, the real person behind "Dr. H"
+ The Slavery Insurment
+ The Slavery Insurment
+ I loving it.
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The Street of a Thousand Blossoms17 reviews
Gail Tsukiyama
St. Martin's Press, 2007
Japan immersion beautifully created, but too much denial perhaps!
+ Hail Gail
+ A beautiful yet sad story
This is an outstanding and highly creative literary work; wonderful storytelling of the life of a Tokyo family pre, during and post the Second World War. Two brothers, two sisters, elderly grandparents, a sad mask maker and few other interesting characters are thrown into the mix. Sumo wrestling is ...
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