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    <body><![CDATA[The book The Steps, is a book about a twelve year old girl named Annabel. She is just about to go on christmas break and is extremly excited for it. Annabel and her friend were supposed to hang-out the whole break in NYC but her friend bails on her and goes somewhere else. Annabel's mom tell her tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50557172">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually wasn't expecting much from this book but I ended up enjoying it very much!  The author does an amazing job finding the voice of a 13-year-old stuck-up New York girl with an incredibly complicated family.  Her parents both have new spouses that have provided Annabel with more step- and hal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72697323">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A pretty good book for kids about to enter middle school. Annabel is twelve and her parents are divorced. During Christmas vacation, she's leaving her mom and grandmother to travel to visit with her dad and his new family in Australia, and while she's there she finds out that her mom is remarrying t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79959114">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When Annabel goes to Austraila to see her dad, (or, Jack, as she calls him) she finds that his new wife and kids have stolen him away from her. She has hopes beyond hopes that she can convince her father to come back to Manhatten with her. Then she realizes that Juack is much happier there. Can she ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77358716">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Twelve-year-old Annabel was planning to stay home with her best friend in Nyc for Christmas, but everyhting gets ruined. Her mom decides that she should visit her dad and his &quot; new &quot;family in Australia. Disappointed, she goes and meets &quot;the steps&quot;, a twelve-year-old fashion-disas...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9735413">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Annabel is sent to Australia over Christmas vacation to spend time with her dad and the Steps. She does not want steps, she just wants her dad to move back to New York where she doesn't have to share him.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Quick read about a girl learning to find her place with the new family members in her life after her parents go their separate ways.  The characters and the experiences seemed very true.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I ordered this through the book order at school and it was much skinnier than I expected. It wasn't bad though. It was interesting and kept me reading. I liked it just didn't love it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely younger than her other books - but has the same themes of mixed families, sassy girls.  This one I would also add to my travelling-girl booklist, for all the Aussie local colour.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The author manages to keep you turning the pages.I have read this book 20 times and cant get enough. Love it while hating it....is that even possible?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun book on how to become friends with someone you thought you hate, also on how not to judge people by there looks or family! :) Great book overall!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i decided to read it bc i saw it in the box and it was short.  i actually liked it, thought it would be too girly, but had a little angst.  i liked focusing on their hectic lives than be involved in my boring one.  it was fun and easy to read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is very good! It is a heartfelt story, yet is funny, sarcastic, and you can really relate to the characters.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=&quot;+1&quot;&gt;&quot;If you think it's hard keeping track of all the Steps in my life, try being me.&quot;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;<p>&quot;The Steps&quot; in Annabel's life are her &quot;bazillion&quot; stepbrothers, stepsisters, and half siblings. She is spending her Christmas vacation in Australia with her dad and his new family, and she hopes beyond hope that she can convince him to come back to the United States with her.<p>But as Annabel realizes how much happier her dad is in Australia, she has to reconcile her jealousy of his new family with her desire to be a part of it. Can she share her father with them without losing him entirely?<p>Annabel's account of her stay in Australia is funny yet tender, and is certain to ring true to anyone with a family that isn't quite traditional. Rachel Cohn, whose perfect grasp of teens' feelings came through so strongly in <em>Gingerbread,</em> now proves that she understands preteens just as well.<p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[pretty good i guess but it didn't have the best beginning]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> Twelve-year-old Annabel thought Christmas break was going to be <em>amazing.</em> She'd planned to stay home in New York City with her best friend and do traditional things like go ice-skating in Rockefeller Center, hit the after-Christmas sale at Bloomingdale's, and scream with the <em>TRL</em> crowd at MTV in Times Square. But when her best friend bails, Annabel's mom decides it's high time Annabel visit her father and his <em>new</em> family in Australia. <p> Annabel is not pleased about traveling around the world to meet &quot;the steps&quot; -- twelve-year-old fashion-disaster stepsister, five-year-old stepbrother, and baby half sister -- but she's not going to waste this chance to steal her father back.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow...I think that all of her books are amazing &lt;,&gt; ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;CENTER&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=&quot;+1&quot;&gt;&quot;If you think it's hard keeping track of all the Steps in my life, try being me.&quot;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;<p>&quot;The Steps&quot; in Annabel's life are her &quot;bazillion&quot; stepbrothers, stepsisters, and half siblings. She is spending her Christmas vacation in Australia with her dad and his new family, and she hopes beyond hope that she can convince him to come back to the United States with her.<p>But as Annabel realizes how much happier her dad is in Australia, she has to reconcile her jealousy of his new family with her desire to be a part of it. Can she share her father with them without losing him entirely?<p>Annabel's account of her stay in Australia is funny yet tender, and is certain to ring true to anyone with a family that isn't quite traditional. Rachel Cohn, whose perfect grasp of teens' feelings came through so strongly in <em>Gingerbread,</em> now proves that she understands preteens just as well.<p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[WOW!!!!! THIS IS AN AWESOME BOOK!!!! READ IT!!!!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> Twelve-year-old Annabel thought Christmas break was going to be <em>amazing.</em> She'd planned to stay home in New York City with her best friend and do traditional things like go ice-skating in Rockefeller Center, hit the after-Christmas sale at Bloomingdale's, and scream with the <em>TRL</em> crowd at MTV in Times Square. But when her best friend bails, Annabel's mom decides it's high time Annabel visit her father and his <em>new</em> family in Australia. <p> Annabel is not pleased about traveling around the world to meet &quot;the steps&quot; -- twelve-year-old fashion-disaster stepsister, five-year-old stepbrother, and baby half sister -- but she's not going to waste this chance to steal her father back.</p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p> Twelve-year-old Annabel thought Christmas break was going to be <em>amazing.</em> She'd planned to stay home in New York City with her best friend and do traditional things like go ice-skating in Rockefeller Center, hit the after-Christmas sale at Bloomingdale's, and scream with the <em>TRL</em> crowd at MTV in Times Square. But when her best friend bails, Annabel's mom decides it's high time Annabel visit her father and his <em>new</em> family in Australia. <p> Annabel is not pleased about traveling around the world to meet &quot;the steps&quot; -- twelve-year-old fashion-disaster stepsister, five-year-old stepbrother, and baby half sister -- but she's not going to waste this chance to steal her father back.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[prtty boring<br/>but i feel srry fr ths girl]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> Twelve-year-old Annabel thought Christmas break was going to be <em>amazing.</em> She'd planned to stay home in New York City with her best friend and do traditional things like go ice-skating in Rockefeller Center, hit the after-Christmas sale at Bloomingdale's, and scream with the <em>TRL</em> crowd at MTV in Times Square. But when her best friend bails, Annabel's mom decides it's high time Annabel visit her father and his <em>new</em> family in Australia. <p> Annabel is not pleased about traveling around the world to meet &quot;the steps&quot; -- twelve-year-old fashion-disaster stepsister, five-year-old stepbrother, and baby half sister -- but she's not going to waste this chance to steal her father back.</p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this was really cute and realistic--especially how the main character is so reluctant to like or even get to know her step-family. The author seemed to have a really good feel for twelve-year-olds, because the main character's voice sounded really authentic. I didn't feel like Cohn was try...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36157151">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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