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    <body><![CDATA[A very textual graphic novel.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's possible I'm only giving this one star because I had high expectations for it: gorgeously packaged and marketed, fairly intriguing title, etc. It may deserve two stars. I doubt it. And, yes, this is coming from a girl who just gave the first book in Lisi Harrison's YA &quot;Clique&quot; series ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28990976">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i really respond to ray fenwick's illustrations. i love hand-drawn text &amp; personal interpretations of commercial-style work.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing illustrations. Hilarious, real life observations.]]></body>
    
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