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    <body><![CDATA[No way.  No way, that is so sweet!  Holy crow, you know?  Just think of how a little kid comes up to you, and tells you a story.  Like, not even something epic, just something random, like about how they rearranged their crayons and the importance of doing so.  It's an odd topic, but kids imbue thes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3464428">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perfectly delightful!  Brought me back to my childhood years- so much fun, I loved every page!  Here is an excerpt:<br/><br/>Nora missed playing with Kira under the conker tree, all those weeks ago-or not that many weeks, actually-and she had a feeling that she and Kira were not such good friends ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45232723">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is more like 3.5 or even 4 stars. I'm just feeling stingy. This little Nory character is an expat American child living in England after having been around the global block, and she's equal parts adorably childlike and completely precocious. Baker really captured her personality in the writing ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37210206">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed reading this, but I definitely could not read a whole lot of it in one sitting.  The all-over-the-place random thought process of a 9-year old is exhausting!! But extremely entertaining and somewhat enlightening since I teach 3rd grade.  As Sheri pointed out, reading this book is like hang...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40725998">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Go into the mind of Nory, a nine year old American girl going to school in England. Pleasant, but didn't do much for me (I always figure that if I remember having the same thoughts, then they must be pretty common).]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In a way, this isn't the story told by a nine-year old, but by her father who admires her very much. If you appreciate hearing stories that nine-year old girls tell, including their randomness of thought and wonderful imagination, go ahead and read this book. For me, it dragged a little too much. My...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40364270">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good book if you don't have a lot of time to read (which I didn't -- picked it up when I was just about to start a move and a new job); the chapters are short and follow a loose plot, centered around 9-year-old Nory, her family, and several friends at her new school in England.  Baker does...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4442810">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;You can't mummify a nice memory in someone's head,&quot; so goes this lovely little book about the consciousness of a nine year old girl named Nory. I loved the book, but the stream of consciousness got a bit overwhelming after a while. It reminded me of so much of my youth and the discomfort ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11034307">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a fun read! Nory is kind, sweet, bright as can be, an atrocious speller, an epic storyteller, a deep thinker, no-nonsense, tender, loyal, and endearingly unaware of what a gem she is. If there were more Norys in the world, it would be a better place. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Did you ever meet a kid that always had a story to tell? If you loved listening, you'll love hanging out with Nory. A nine year old who is passionate about creating stories. In this book you will read her story and her stories, and never want them to end!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[NB displays his Ang-Lee-type ability for sliding seamlessly into the heads of his subjects in this tale of a little kid explaining how things work for her.  Reminds you how circumscribed and challenging the world is when you are nine.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book dragged in portions and wasn't quite up to the standards of what I've come to expect from Baker. I still finished it because the portions that shined were quite good.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fun read, but not as interesting, in my opinion, as Baker's earlier books and essays.  It might resonate more with a parent.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[read this if you need to be cheered up.  it's for adults but told from the perspective of a young girl, and brilliantly so.  it's fantastic.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Best book I've read from the mind of a little girl as imagined in the mind of her dad. So sweet it hurts.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting to see that Nicholson Baker is much in the news these days due to his political views. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nicholson Bake loves life!  No doubt about it. His fiction is smart and wonderful.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[very enjoyable 9-year-old girl perspective.<br/><br/>voice rarely rings false]]></body>
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