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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of THE BEST books I have ever read :) It tells of a story of a girl named Kathy whose older brother Brett died of Cancer when she was two and he was seventeen. Nobody has ever kept any photos of her childhood or any dates nobody even remembers her first word because around this time was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40947302">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[  This is my favorite book of all time!!! It is about this girl named Kathy Colton. Her brother died at age 17 of Leukemia. Kathy was about 2 when he died, so she has no memory of him. Her older siblings Alex and Sam are always at her house with their families. They always get into a conversation ab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47302233">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd must admit that I didn't want to read this book. But I'm glad that I had. It is not as a sad book as the synopsis describes it. I was sad when it ended. It was a good ending but I wanted to read more.<br/><br/>It was very well done.  I think that this book is a must read. It is emotional; so m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47461739">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Some books are just not meant to be read by me. This is one of them.  It is just not my style.  It kind of reminded me of an episode of 90210 but with Mormon kids.  The nerdy girl agrees to tutor the stud athlete who of course has a softer side- a religious side in fact.  What is this strange faith ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8833907">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I truly enjoyed this read today and it did even bring some tears (not sure how much pregnancy hormones are to blame for that..).  Then why only 3 stars?  The writing is mediocre...the story line predictable and &quot;sweet&quot;.  When a friend dropped it off so I could quickly gobble it down for bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51156689">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this book is so amazing! aaahhh I loved it so much!!! It's so sad, it makes you want to cry at parts and then other parts you suddenly get interested in recording your life (I even bought a cam corder that I'll be using. it's on layaway right now) :) Not only is it such a great book but you also lea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39173119">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book made me laugh and cry it was just so incredable. This has to be up their with one of my favorite books of all time!!<br/>  Kathy Colton is an adverage girl who finds herself through the book and becomes unique and stands out to everyone when her mood changes:At home her family is always t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41563202">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I normally do not read LDS fiction. It's never really appealed to me. I only read this book because it was the book chosen for the book club. Although I found the romance part of the book to be a little cheesy and the plot somewhat predictable, I enjoyed the book overall. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was completely amazing. I cried a little and laughed a little but mostly I was just thinking how cool it was through it all. I found some really good stuff in it and it was just really touching. I would read it billions of times and never get bored of it. ever. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Kathy’s brother is dead. But, he’s all anyone ever talks about and it infuriates her. Don’t they realize dead means gone? She was only two years old when he died and consequently doesn’t even remember him. However, any and all family occasions always end up in hours of reminiscing about how ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67533689">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book simply because my teenager asked me to...I'll have to listen to her more often.  So many times, Mormon fiction gets too preachy, too self-righteous to be enjoyable.  This book was anything but that.  It follows a young girl, Kathy, whose older brother died of leukemia when she was n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43683288">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not a kind judge to YA literature. I am especially unkind to LDS YA literature. After being told that I would cry, which I heavily suspected was untrue, I read this sweet book about a brother who dies and leaves his journal for his much younger sister to read when she's in high school.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57764185">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book.  I was pleasantly surprised.  It was really fun to read, I think it would be good for young readers.  When I started reading this I did not know that it was written by an LDS author, so it really took me by surprise.  <br/><br/>From Brett Journal pg 102 &quot;I am trying ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54140207">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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