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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) is an amazing book that can be equally enjoyed by adults and children alike.  Adults reading the book see more layers to it than the kids, but the read is just as mysterious and enjoyable (although the idea of marriage at that young an age wil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66360228">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was very much a children's book, and it was very clever for that.  I don't think I would have had any hope of solving the mystery myself.  It's actually a lovely, sweet little story with a WIDE melancholy streak.  <br/><br/>I think that reading a first edition with the author's illustrations ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54392298">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A favorite.  This book progresses in just the right way.  I was fascinated by the word-people when I first read it as a kid, and this time I could clearly see in my mind's eye how this story would read as a film!  Oh how dramatic the Glub-Blub scene would be!  Mrs. Carrillon kneeling on flotsam, Leo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37483558">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A favorite.  This book progresses in just the right way.  I was fascinated by the word-people when I first read it as a kid, and this time I could clearly see in my mind's eye how this story would read as a film!  Oh how dramatic the Glub-Blub scene would be!  Mrs. Carrillon kneeling on flotsam, Leo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17044383">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The book starts out with the creation of the Pomato Soup dynasty and the child (age 7!)marriage of Leon to Caroline. The two are separated as they grow up but meet finally in their 20s. As will happen in books, the unthinkable comes to pass and Leon goes missing after a horrifc boating accident. How...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7081003">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game has been one of my favorite books (children's or otherwise) for a long time.  But it is such an epochal piece for me that somehow it never occurred to me that Raskin might have written something else. <br/><br/>Turns out she wrote about 15 novels, was an illustrator...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68873180">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An enjoyable &quot;mystery&quot; for the younger set, but I was hard pressed to get past the idea of a moronic woman wasting 20 years of her life in the run-up to actually solving the situation. However, Raskin is in fine form with goofy illustrations, quirky characters and their oddball antics, alo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55449107">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know how I missed Ellen Raskin as a kid, but she is a genius at writing entertaining, puzzle-filled, thoughtful books. I found myself trying to think what state was omitted from a list or what clue might be in the starred paragraph! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was not as good as The Westing Game, but Ellen Raskin's same style really stood out in this too.  I like that she wants the reader to figure out the answer to the mystery- that makes her seem helpful while she's telling the story.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this book up because of my deep, devoted love for the Westing Game, but this book ended up making me go, &quot;huh?&quot;  Too convoluted, and has made me avoid purple underwear.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was pretty strange. Somewhat entertaining but wouldn't recommend it unless you really like word puzzles.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as The Westing Game, but still a fun read that brings me back to my childhood.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The disappearance of her husband is only the first of the mysteries Mrs. Carillon must solve.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) (I Mean Noel.) by Ellen  Raskin (1971)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another of my favorites as a kid.  Not as good as the Westing Game, but oh well.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good or as tightly written as The Westing Game, but entertaining nonetheless.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[For the answers to many important questions, children should try this &quot;story crammed with baffling word puzzles, a dozen zany characters, uproariously funny situations, and unmitigated slapstick.&quot;--The Horn Book. Illustrated.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I first read this when I was in 6th grade (I'm 36 as of this writing and still read this every once in a while!). Titles are often times the first thing that grabs me when I browse for a book, and this title was no excecption!<br/><br/>This is the first fiction book I read that included unusual fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8246738">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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