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    <body><![CDATA[	Ordinary orphan Leven Thumps discovers a small furry sycophant who tells him that he is the only one who can save the dreamland named Foo.   This boy from Oklahoma, can even manipulate the future.  Also with the help of Winter, a nit, and Geth a talking toothpick, he must make it to the gateway to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8647537">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I personally enjoy a more difficult read, though I would have loved it from 2nd to 5th grade. I'm afraid I'm growing our of my fantacy loving era without even noticing it. :( <br/>This book has a ton of action (to much even) It refuses to have any romance whatsoever. I HATE romance books, but I lov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75768466">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is over all very good.<br/>If you have the patience to get through it, that is.<br/>It is very slow for the first quarter. During the second quarter it gets more interesting, as some of the character's powers and the plot are revealed. In the third quarter, there is more action, and the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74930142">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Originally, I thought this book was going to be better than it actually was. First off, I hated how I could find similarities between Harry Potter and Leven. Secondly, I despised how all the adults are either mean and stupid, or they're caring, but they're exploited for being so.<br/>Another thing ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64583607">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Over the top.  Harry Potter-esque.  <br/><br/>A boy, Leven Thumps, is orphaned and raised in a home where he is not wanted, living a downtrodden life until, ta-da, things change (he learns he is can control the future, sometimes) and the universe depends on him.  Winter, a girl with snarly hair (H...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38469823">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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