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    <body><![CDATA[This book and the series that follows is endearing, troublesome, and whole-heartedly compassionate. This is the book my grandmother read to me as a little girl during the middle of a tornado, while we waited out the storm by candlelight. This is the book that started me reading... really reading. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4899552">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fantastic book.  I read it in 7th grade, and was absolutely obsessed with it (which is nothing less than stunning, because at that age most books that lacked dragons weren't worth my time...).  In a way its perfect for around that age, because its all about struggling for acceptance and t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3432940">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So, I read this book in high school, and it was SO GOOD. It's about this little girl (Ayla) who is left orphaned and alone during prehistoric times, then picked up and raised by Neanderthals. They think she's ugly and weird, but in reality she is a stunningly beautiful, tall blonde leggy woman. She ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23966201">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great novel; it’s a real masterpiece. I love the whole series but I think this is by far the best book in it, and it stands on its own although I became completely hooked and I’ve eagerly awaited every new book in the series, and I really hope Auel finishes this series! I really admire...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1183856">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[When her parents are killed by an earthquake, 5-year-old Ayla wanders through the forest completely alone. Cold, hungry, and badly injured by a cave lion, the little girl is as good as gone until she is discovered by a group who call themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear. This clan, left homeless by the same disaster, have little interest in the helpless girl who comes from the tribe they refer to as the &quot;Others.&quot; Only their medicine woman sees in Ayla a fellow human, worthy of care. She painstakingly nurses her back to health--a decision that will forever alter the physical and emotional structure of the clan. Although this story takes place roughly 35,000 years ago, its cast of characters could easily slide into any modern tale. The members of the Neanderthal clan, ruled by traditions and taboos, find themselves challenged by this outsider, who represents the physically modern Cro-Magnons. And as Ayla begins to grow and mature, her natural tendencies emerge, putting her in the middle of a brutal and dangerous power struggle.<p>  Although Jean Auel obviously takes certain liberties with the actions and motivations of all our ancestors, her extensive research into the Ice Age does shine through--especially in the detailed knowledge of plants and natural remedies used by the medicine woman and passed down to Ayla. Mostly, though, this first in the series of five is a wonderful story of survival.  Ayla's personal evolution is a compelling and relevant tale. <em>--Sara Nickerson</em> </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Jean Auel did a great job researching for this book.  It made you feel as though you were there living amongst the clan during prehistoric times.  You really get to know all the characters well.]]></body>
    
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