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    <body><![CDATA[Street love written by Walter Dean Myers was a great book. The main character Damien was a great student in the classroom. He had great grades and in fact got accepted to brown university. Junice another character in the book isn’t having such a great time considering  her family isn’t doing as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54898216">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, it finally happened! I read a Myers book that I didn't like. I found myself reading this one aloud quite often. It's written in verse format, but still actually reads like poetry, and I'm more of a fan of verse novels. I just can't imagine two kids talking like they do in this book, so I could...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73026442">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[First love always brings with it many emotions.  Some of these emotions may be conflicting.  If your first love is not whom your parents would have chosen for you, these emotions become even more difficult to deal with.  <em>Street Love</em> is a story of first love and the many difficulties that come along ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46532636">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The book is a gritty yet eloquent rhythm of words and feelings that speak to the inner city life of young people. The pace of the book mirrors the pace of the lives of the characters. One can see many familiar faces when reading about Junice and Damian. The author has his finger on the pulse of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39913168">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this story told in verse but I have to caution readers to BE PATIENT. I felt like it took about 30 pages before the story kind of &quot;clicked&quot; and then I had to go back to make sure I didn't miss anything important. Each poem has a title (usually a character's name or a description ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58489539">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn’t really like this book because it was written in the form of a poem. I was hard for me to understand exactly what was going on. I had to read between the lines a lot. So when your reading this book remember that you have to do a little extra work so you can understand what’s going on . B...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38958794">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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