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    <body><![CDATA[This wasn't the most thrilling thing I have ever read,but it was still decent.<br/><br/>I did not learn much from this book,because I am something of an expert in terms of the European Vampire,but I did find the book to be accurate with my own findings.<br/><br/>The lifestyle of the people in th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80101357">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This particular author is quite a prolific writer of YA stories in a variety of genres, but it was the mid-European horror story setting that drew me to this particular book.<br/><br/>Peter and his father, who drinks too much, have found themselves something of a home as woodcutters for a village,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46248234">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book and it's vampires were so amazingly scary, I still shudder at the thought of being outside alone. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This review is copy-paste from the Charybdis. You can see it in it's natural habitat &lt;a href=http://charybdisreviewz.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/my-swordhand-is-singing-by-marcus-sedgwick/&quot;&gt; here &lt;/a&gt;:<br/><br/><br/>I knew right from the first chapter that this was going to be my ee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35259541">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sedgwick, a proven master at presenting well-written novels tied to the occult just for teens, introduces his readers to a traditional tale of vampyres (or &quot;hostages&quot;) set in Eastern Europe.<br/><br/>It is the 17th Century, and Peter and his father Tomas settle in a a small village, wher...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27721685">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love that Sedgwick bypasses all the modern conceptions of vampires and focuses on the early folklore. It was pretty slow in the beginning; it took me awhile to get into it. But the middle was fantastic. It pulled me in, it made me wonder, it creeped me out. I liked it so much I worried that the en...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22642642">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Natalie Tsang for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>Marcus Sedgwick's MY SWORDHAND IS SINGING is a dark novel with a heavy emphasis on thick, snowy forests of Eastern Europe, gypsies, and superstitious town folk. It is the perfect setting for a scary story, but it is also much, much more. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22006568">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Review:  Gr. 6-10<br/>My Swordhand is Singing opens with a gripping chase scene that seems doomed from the beginning and lets the reader in on the overall ominous tone of this traditional vampire tale.  Peter and his father Tomas have never really settled down, but when they finally do in the woode...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12704404">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First of all, let me say that this book has the best title EVER.  However, once I got into the book I found that best title slightly mis-applied.  It seems to me that it belongs on the front of a fast-paced book about Samurai (in fact, both my girlfriend and I thought that's what this book was when ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37125542">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to say that this is my favourite vampire story, ever. It did justice to the original legends and remained original. There was a sense of horror, of the cold hand of death and an ancient evil. I got the impression that Marcus Sedgwick actually researched his topic, which really impressed me, a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72207597">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A slim book packed with a wonderful story about vampires. A different take that reflects some of the older Eastern European lore. Loved the voice of the writer. I could hear the storyteller, sitting around the campfire, telling the story. A dramatic (and for me, tear filled) climax where the father ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47099643">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Carlos sez - This book will make you want more and more.  I actually read it all and got all the AR questions right. It's about a guy and his dad that travel around cutting wood, but in reality the son of the woodman didn't know his dad had a secret. If you want to know the rest you should read it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to put down this book because I was home alone!  Well-written, well-paced.  An artful sparseness to the text add to the bleak setting.  Based on vampire folklore of Eastern Europe, the novel itself would be great read aloud and is really more of a novella.  Recommended for grades 7 and up.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good old fashioned Transylvanian vampire tale. No battling with moral dilemmas or hiding behind fine clothes and good manners. Just mindless monsters, much more closely related to zombies than today's suave vampires.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just to be clear, I am not a fan of horror fiction.  This is the perfect mix of horror, suspense, drama and a little romance. What I particularily liked is the fact that the author packs all this in to a slim 205 pages.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i couldn't sleep after reading half the book one night, as i stoped in one of the best parts and because it plays with your mind so much that the thing you think about for the next 5 min is the story.]]></body>
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