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  <title><![CDATA[Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven, #3)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Kendra and Seth along with Grandpa and Grandma Sorenson discover that someone or something has released a plague that is turning the light creatures of Fablehaven into creatures of darkness.  And for the first time, Kendra and Warren must visit another magical preserve called Lost Mesa in Arizona and try to recovery another hidden artifact.  Can the plague be stopped?  Can the artifact be found?  And most importantly, is the Sphinx a traitor?</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">4</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven, #3)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Brandon Mull]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a really well-written sequel that answered most of the questions from the last two.  I enjoyed seeing Seth grow up a little bit, and Kendra's new relationship should be interesting for the future.  I thought that death was treated pretty casually, especially the first one.  I had to read ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23236121">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jun 02 19:52:12 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[We've just really liked this series.  The books are a lot of fun, exciting, creative, visual, and I feel like they bring up really great discussion topics with the kids.  We get to talk about tricky things like Do bad creatures need to be destroyed, or do they play a necessary part in an environment...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22075255">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32897975">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoy the Fablehaven series, and this third one was very good.  I like Mull's creativity and energy.  I appreciate his ongoing discussion of the nature of good and evil, the power of our choices, and in this one, the consequences of choosing to believe or not.  I liked the way this book expanded t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32897975">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24390947">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Sep 08 13:06:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Seth is growing up and making better decisions. Brandon has fallen into a writer's trap of alternating story lines between two primary characters. And finally, the series became so-so.<br/><br/>All that said, Grip of the Shadow Plague was another good read from the Fablehaven series for young adul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24390947">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22180019">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue May 13 15:36:45 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 20 13:04:59 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I like this book the best so far out of the series. It felt more complete and whole somehow. I assume it is at least partly because Brandon is becoming a better writer. But I think it also has to do with an improved plot structure and more intense, realistic conflict.<br/><br/>Setting: Sti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22180019">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21680631">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon May 05 21:50:53 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 18 20:48:55 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Brandon Mull" title=" Brandon Mull"> Brandon Mull</a> has delivered more of the same with book three of this series, which is just what we wanted.  <br/><br/>The plot moved along at a good clip, keeping us involved and engaged.  <br/><br/>The characters were real and true to their previous actions.  It was a lot of fun to discover alo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21680631">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13678925">
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book I will like more in the future as I think back on it than I do right now having just finished it.  The storyline was fine, but the execution of it fell flat for me.  I was never completely drawn into the story until about the last hundred pages.  Most of this was due to the splitting ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13678925">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21031626">
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    <name><![CDATA[Russ]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu May 15 21:07:36 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A page turner like the second book of this series. It was very difficult for me to put this one down as you go from one adventure to the next. There seems to be no end to Brandon Mull's imagination and creativity. I love the &quot;Lost Mesa&quot; adventure as well as the mystery of the &quot;Shadow ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21031626">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17742975">
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    <name><![CDATA[Christina]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Apr 30 06:19:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[YAY!!! It's finally here.  Actually it came on the 22nd through the mail, but I gave it to Carl for his B-day so he didn't open it until the 27th.  And so, since he is still reading the Dark Materials Trilogy. he told me I could read this before him.  Really, he's mine ladies, I found him first!<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17742975">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20989334">
    <user id="881570">
    <name><![CDATA[Patrick]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow!  This series is on a roll.  I was on the waiting list for about 4 months for this one.  This is one of my favorite 3 or 4 young adult series.  It's right up there with Harry Potter, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, and...not much else up this high. Maybe Gregor the Overlander...<br/><br/>The character...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20989334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50672923">
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Mar 27 20:16:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is complete fantasy!!! I love itto death! If you like faeries, centaurs, or satyrs, you should definetly read!!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ummm, I liked this book, but not as well as the second, which is by far my favorite, or the first, which is my second favorite.<br/><br/>Don't get me wrong, it's not that it wasn't good, it just didn't hold my attention like the first two, and it was patently predictable, following in the same for...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24286076">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39375186">
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just wish these Fablehaven books were a bit shorter.  They are really good, it just takes too long to read them.  This last one was 477 pages!  Luckily the pages aren't all that big.<br/><br/>In this third installment of Fablehaven, Kendra and Seth are still at their grandparents' magical creatu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39375186">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63549979">
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    <name><![CDATA[Laurie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[ &quot;Grip of the Shadow Plague&quot; is the best so far.  One great new aspect - touches of humor that really lightened the overall feel of the book.  It makes me wonder if Mull had these little jokes in the first two books, but for some reason, they were edited out.  <br/>I still love how Mull w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63549979">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43525547">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series just keeps getting better.  I really enjoyed this installment of the Fablehaven series.  There were more plot twists and new exciting creatures to discover.  I still feel that Mull's character development needs a little work but with each new book he seems to flesh out his main character...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43525547">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[     Who needs mundanity?  Is it not the possibility of the<em>extramundane</em> that motivates life?  As with the other books in the <em>Fablehaven series</em>, <em>Grip of the Shadow Plague</em> awakens the oft-neglected, adventure-seeking boy that is the foundation of my soul.  A simple adventure can provide such a refresh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20921249">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 09 14:47:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 09 14:57:38 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started this series a couple years ago and temporarily put it on hold when it seemed apparent I would have to fight with a dozen other library patrons to obtain copies of subsequent books in the series.  Well, here I am again, waiting for Book 4 to come from interlibrary loan while I ruminate a bi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62819682">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Mar 01 20:56:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm giving this 4 stars for creativity and cool descriptions. Other than that, I think the book's pacing was quite slow. And being a 3rd in a series, it took me awhile to figure out the characters--there are tons of characters and I really only felt like I knew about 6 of them. <br/><br/>It seemed...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47240789">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 09 20:25:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was a little bit disappointed with this book.  I thought the first half was quite slow.  There was too much figuring things out and looking for things, and not a whole lot of action.  The thing that works for me with the Fablehaven books is that there is a lot of magic, creativity, and imagination...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76545246">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 02 12:01:12 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 09 13:09:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have some problems with the writing in this book, and yet, how much can I complain about a book I often did not want to put down, and missed sleep staying up too late to read? Clearly I enjoyed it.  <br/>however, I have to say that Brandon Mull has apparently never met an adjective he didn't like...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61914958">more...</a>]]></body>
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