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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this better than the other Blos novel i have, possibly because it's in the form of a journal.  Written by a young woman in 1830s New England, it brings to play issues such as slavery, disease, politics and the education of women at this time.  It was an okay book.  A pretty good girl book wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2546610">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My mom gave this book to me when I was 13 years old (same age as the young girl in the story). We lived in New Hampshire at the time. I believe that I enjoyed reading it at the time (it's been awhile since I was 13 years old).<br/>On my recent trip to visit my parents, my mom gave me the book again...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60918636">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Written in the form of a journal, this book is the story of a year in the life of a fourteen year old girl living in New England in the early 1830’s. During the year, Catherine helps a runaway slave, loses her best friend, sees her widowed father remarry, and leaves her farm forever. <br/><br/>T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64808920">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You know, I really loved this book.  One of the reviews on the back of the book says &quot;Her characters are truly of their times, not 1970's sensibilities masquerading in 1830's homespun, and old-fashioned in teh best sense of the word--principled.&quot;  True--it seemed very authentic.  I could t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70954616">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This “diary” of a 14 year old girl living her last year with her family on the New Hampshire frontier covers a variety of experiences a girl of that era might have:  tragic deaths, contact with an escaped slave, teen romance, chores and school.  The book seems to make these experiences almost to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69696689">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A New Hampshire girl's story is told in the form of a journal in this 1980 Newbery-winner. I read it cover-to-cover, completely taken in by the narrator's voice, the unfolding story, and the fascinating details of farm life in the 1830s. Heartbreaking and beautiful.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I could not get into this book!  I didn't like the format.  I don't know what else but it just didn't engage me.  Part of it was probably my fault as I read this book over my move and would just read a little each night before I fell asleep exhausted. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh I obviously love these juvenile fictions...this one is historical fiction to boot.  Again a fun read for my kids at some point, with a little tiny bit about slavery (but not much).  Cute and well written, light, like I like it! ;)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed the writing style of this historical fiction journal of a 14 year old girl in New Hampshire.  The language was very authentic.  i wonder if a child would appreciate the quality of writing as well as me.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm pretty sure the author of this book is a C&amp;C alum!  I'm a sucker for colonial historical fiction these days (I know-- go figger) but this one really works the language and is most satisfying.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Kinda Boring, all it is, well is a journal, but there was not really a climax or anything, it was just a series of events, but i had to read it for school, so it was not really my choice:-)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would give it about two and a half, it was kind of boring, the plot was slow, and the writing was a bit stilted. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I like this quote from the School Library Journal:<br/>&quot;(Blos) characters are truly of their times, not 1970s sensibilities masquerading in 1830s homespun, and old-fashioned in the best sense of the word--principled.&quot;<br/>A beautiful little book.]]></body>
    
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