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    <body><![CDATA[I am a big fan of Charles de Lint, starting with Memory and Dream.  I like how he combines urban settings with his fantasy creatures, and how after reading his books, I am always looking around for giants.  (I have been made fun of for bringing up the possibility of fairies in the Internet; make sur...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9992666">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Imogene Yeck, former gang member and current fairy butt-kicker, is the cool &quot;blue girl&quot; at the center of Charles de Lint's latest urban fantasy novel. Seventeen-year-old Imogene jumps at the chance to lose her bad girl reputation when her family moves to a new town. She purposely lays low ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50919589">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[	“The Blue Girl” was a really good read. It made me laugh and I think the dialogue is very real for high school teenagers. However, it did annoy me at some parts, especially when they use vocabulary such as “ornery” which was at the beginning. I definitely know that most high school students...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78832866">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Reviewed: June 23, 2009</strong><br/><br/>Simply put, this book is very inspirational. The book, in itself, makes the reader rethink life. At first, the book, in itself, can seem very boring -- being based off of a fairytale with fictional characters. However, once in the middle, the plot sucks the reader ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60854557">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Lovely.  It had been a long while since I read a Newford book, and I'd forgotten just how much I love that world.  Good stuff here - characters I loved and identified with (I loved Maxine and Pelly best of all), a resolution that wasn't completely obvious from the beginning, and first person narrati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45328115">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a brilliantly fairy tale that integrates 21st century times with folk-style fairy tales. It tells a stroy from 3 diffrent people's point of view: Imogene, the punky protaganist with a who-cares? attitude, Maxine, Imogene's pretty but conservative shy new friend, and Adrian, a ghost that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48812190">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was hard to slog through this book. Imogene was annoying at first with I'm a loner and I just don't care. My dislike of her got better as the book went along, but I didn't like her quickness to judge everyone so quickly. Adrian was annoying and creepy. Her friendship with Maxine got started too q...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63638809">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Charles de Lint is one of my favorite authors although my constantly writing Derek de Lint instead of Charles de Lint might lead you to think otherwise. He has been one of my top authors for a few years already based solely on the awesomeness that is &quot;The Blue Girl.&quot;<br/><br/>I want to r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1304604">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love de Lint's portrayals of the fairy world; he draws on myth and tradition while simultaneously creating a story--and a world--that is innovative, original, and wholly its own.<br/>I found it refreshing that de Lint didn't fall into the trap so common among young-adult authors of falling back o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64600670">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I did not like this book by Rinaldi as much as her other books.  The writing style was slightly different, not as developed, making me think it was one of her earlier books.  The story line is good with good information about a girl who runs away from an abusive home to fight as a Union soldier.  Wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54077494">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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