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  <title><![CDATA[The Truth: I'm a Girl, I'm Smart and I Know Everything]]></title>
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  <default_description>THE TRUTH ... how do we carry the truth from girlhood to adulthood? That priceless  truth  that we all recognize as kids? How do we walk over that bridge into growing up, carrying the Truth? How do we not hide it? How do we not forget what it is? How do we recognize THE TRUTH in our children and help them carry their most precious selves into adulthood?    What would the world be like if we could carry it with us into adulthood without damaging it? If we could pass the gift of early wisdom and brilliance along to our children, helping them to hold on to their most precious jewels?    THE TRUTH, My Secret Diary, I'm Ten, I'm Smart and I Know Everything, is a delightful, humorous secret diary, written by a girl who is 10-11 years of age. She is wise and yet so innocent. She makes us cry and laugh and remember ourselves. Behind this very easy read is the psychological message to the women reading THE TRUTH that they can and must recapture the fire and passion of their girlhoods not only for themselves to flourish and be happy, but for the next generation to also have the gifts of good emotional and spiritual health.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is worth reading if you’ve found yourself wondering if you always wanted to be such a career woman or a stay at home mom. It provides a unique perspective most of us have long forgotten about. I found myself often wondering if I stayed true to the promises I made to myself growing up and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26176296">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>This is a very short little book that delivers a big punch. <br/><br/>It is written in the form of a diary. The writer is a 12-year-old girl in an era before the big technology boom. There are no cell phones or computers. It reminded me of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31555629">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Truth (I'm a girl, I'm smart and I know everything) is a book in journal form, narrated from the perspective of a ten-year-old girl. The girl writes in her diary about crushes, bullies, parents, puberty and other issues of concern to a child. As she channels both the innocence and wisdom of yout...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21299038">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Girl is in fifth grade, she's in love with the new boy in school, she hates it when her parents fight, and she's here to tell us The Truth.  The Truth is 115 pages of observations told from the perspective of a young girl on the verge of adolescence.  She isn't a girl growing up in the 21st cent...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16512672">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A snippet of my review on curledup.com:<br/><br/>The sheer veracity and real importance of the youthful feelings in The Truth cannot be denied. It should be woven into every girl’s world, whether she is just beginning in life or being reminded when she is much older. From personal experience, it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22486097">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Never really read it, passed it on, but I sure like the title!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm curious how this book plays out/how hokey it is.]]></body>
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