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    <body><![CDATA[The kind of y/a adults will gobble up as eagerly. Not quite as moving as its prequel, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/909142.Durable_Goods" title="Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg">Durable Goods</a>, Joy School is nonetheless wrenching and engaging. Katie, now living in Missouri with her father and their housekeeper/nanny, is about to turn 13. She has trouble making friends at her new school for ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71587309">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Notes from BookCrossing:  I'm very excited to read this one especially, as I just recently &quot;read&quot; my first <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bookcrossing.com/journal/2854035/?title=true+to+form&author=&category=&isbn=&bcid=&status=0&screenname=&limit=1/book_-True-To-Form-:-A-Novel-Elizabeth-Berg">audiobook</a> -- an Elizabeth Berg!  And I really enjoyed it, so I'm sure this will be equally fun to curl up with (with which to curl. . .oh heck, with which to up curl. . . you know, to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41431169">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Best Books for Young Adults: Romance<br/><br/>This is a sweet story about a young girl's first crush on an older guy. Katie has a father who is slightly abusive, her mother is dead and her sister lives in Mexico. She doesn't have any real friends and doesn't really fit into her new environment. Ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56122205">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Was surprised to find another Elizabeth Berg novel at the library that I hadn't read, and as soon as I finished, I went to her website to see if I've missed any others. I love the way Berg writes, which, to me, is sometimes like poetry. I find myself reading passages over and over again just because...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71152517">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this short novel and read it in one sitting. It brought me back to what it was like to be thirteen years old again. Katie, the thirteen year old heroine of the book, is new in town. Her mother has died and her Army Colonel father is distant and angry. It seems no one likes her at her new sch...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78584616">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Katie has moved to Missouri with her distant, occasionally abusive father. She feels very alone: her much-loved mother is dead; she finds it difficult to settle in, in her new school and her only friends fall far short of being ideal companions. When she falls through the ice while skating, she meet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60762151">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[“Young as I am, I know now that everything is about to come.  Jimmy will be the place for me to learn the real happiness.  He will be my Joy School.  My joy.  Mine.”<br/><br/>These words sum up this story, about a 13-year-old girl, Katie, transplanted to Missouri after her mother’s death, an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30644287">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As her readers have come to expect, Elizabeth Berg's book, Joy School, is a wonderful sequel and continuation of the story about Katie, whom we first meet in Durable Goods. And while this book can easily stand alone, I do suggest that both books be read.<br/>Joy School now finds Katie once again li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18620712">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed. This. Book. <br/><br/>It actually took me almost the whole book to connect that this was a continuation of &quot;Durable Goods.&quot; I kept thinking that the family was so familiar, and even went so far as to thematically link the two books, but didn't fully realize that this was Katie's...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4739065">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This author was recommended to me, and, on the plus side, it's an easy, mildly entertaining read. She has a nice style, and this would probably be ok when on a beach or something. But the character was written to be way to young than her actual age, and it was distracting, and ALL the characters are...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48380887">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Apply this to all the Elizabeth Berg's - I absolutely love her use of language.  Deep, rich prose.  Her storylines aren't that memorable, though.  I know I liked reading all of them, but a year or so out, couldn't tell you what any of them were about.  Sort of the opposite of Jodi Piccoult in my boo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63822343">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Katie, from her Durable Goods book, is back as a 13 year old. She is still charming and determined to make her life better, but this book didn't touch me the way Durable Goods did. It didn't feel as fresh to me. Katie is searching for love, and when she finds it the man is far too old for her (21). ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40948918">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's gotta be tough on Katie moving to a new state away from her best friend. Maybe that's why she hopes there's more to her sweet relationship with 23-year old Jimmy than there really is. He's married, after all. Katie has a lot still to learn about love and friendship in Joy School, by Elizabeth B...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43166741">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a cute story! <br/><br/>Ahh, to be young again and struggling with all of those uncertain feelings! Kate has moved to a new town with her strict and stern Army father after her mother's death. Kate struggles to make new friends in a new place, cope with not being too well liked at first, deal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50115776">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the sequel to &quot;Durable Goods&quot;, for which I gave a 5-star rating.  I didn't find this book to be quite as genuine as its prequel, however.  Berg admits in her author's notes in &quot;Durable Goods&quot; that it is her best book, and judging it against &quot;Joy School&quot; and the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64262476">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg reminded me of this series.  Berg's character development is always the best thing about her stories.  You will will want to read more about Katie as soon as you've finished this book.  Thankfully, there is more!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had this book sitting on my shelf for years. I bought it from a remainder table as I had heard of the author from various book boards. I won't make a judgement from just this one book, but you'll never hear from me about her as I wouldn't choose to investigate her other books. I guess that means I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50794448">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the early teen perspective of the main character and how she dealt with the death of her mom and the loss of her first love.  I would recommend reading Durable Goods first, if you are going to read it, as this is a sequel.]]></body>
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