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    <body><![CDATA[This book challenged me as a teacher and made me realize what a difference educators can make in the lives of children who have difficulties of any type.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 03 05:50:27 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book when I was a teenager for  the first time and fell in love with the story and the characters! I recently found it in my stash and reread it again for the  hundreth time. This book among others led me toward my career path in deaf education.  It is a touching story about a special ne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31891921">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book when I was 10 years old.  Yeah.  So easy a child could read it. It was recommended by my sister, who was 13 years old.  And 25 years later I still remember the book, the titles and children in the story.  This book touched my life and I hope it reaches other in the same way.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hard to believe I read Lovey so long ago, but it provided a glimpse of emotionally disturbed children that most adolescents probably don't have. (Thanks, Mom!) I have heard some comments that the book is &quot;outdated&quot; in defining autism. Either way, it is a worthwhile portrait.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another tear jerker story of a kid with problems (can't remember what exactly the problems were now) that my mom had around the house that I ended up reading when I had exhausted everything else in print.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This simple book actually spurred my desire to work with disabled/abused/disadvantaged kids.  Here I am 14 years later and still thinking about that little girl in the book and calling my girls 'lovey'.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i first read this in high school as an assignment and now own it and have re read it several times. it is a true story about an abused little girl and those that help her,oh so powerful!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of a year with a teacher of 4 emotionally disturbed children. Touching, full of love, laughter, and insight. Recommended for all teachers or people who love children.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a true story of an emotionally disturbed child and the teacher who was able to free her from fear &amp; feeling lonely.  I found it fascinating and touching.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book when I was in high school and not a big fan of reading.  It was such a good book and I have never forgotten it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book still moves me years later. ]]></body>
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