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  <title><![CDATA[The Well-Wishers (Odyssey Classic)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;&amp;#8220;This one will delight.&amp;#8221;--&lt;i&gt;Christian Science Monitor&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1960</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Edward Eager]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 14 13:27:11 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 14 13:32:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was pretty good, but not nearly as entertaining as Edward Eager's book Half Magic.  This book isn't on the AR reading list, but I would place it around 6.7 or 7.0.  Half Magic is 5.0 on the AR reading list, and is a very fun book about a charm some children find that only grants half of wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74534794">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75561526">
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 23 22:56:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 06 10:09:42 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Once again, Eager has done a great job of portraying some very realistic kids, both in how they act and in how they think.  This was a nice story about kids doing nice things for other people.  James was certainly amusing as a character, especially as he thought himself a man at the end of the book....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75561526">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41257981">
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 29 22:33:47 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 29 22:42:53 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first time I read this was to my daughter a couple years back. She liked the series a great deal. I would say its definitely written for kids, and appropriate for any age.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41257981]]></url>
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    <review id="41091193">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 15 15:30:59 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 28 10:12:31 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 15 15:30:59 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is really great. I think it has more adventure than Magic or Not.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41091193]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="35352974">
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 14 23:37:03 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 14 23:41:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>3</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The &quot;Well Wishers&quot;,( in contrast to &quot;Magic or Not&quot;) is written first person from the point of view of multiple characters.  This gives it an almost unbearably precious tone.  Really the only thing I can say I like about this book was the discovery and reclamation of an abandoned ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35352974">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1404733">
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  <date_added>Wed May 23 21:11:48 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 23 21:14:29 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Edward Eager's books are classics, and some of my very favorites from childhood. The illustrations by N.M. Bodeker were a huge influence on me, and I loved the stories (you think Harry Potter is original? Hardly). These are excellent books, published mid-century, that build on a foundation laid deca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1404733">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26218524">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone 10 and younger]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 03 10:48:55 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 03 10:50:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, I read this with my brother. They are good books, but I wish I read them in like 5th grade. They were a little childish. Darren on the other hand, loved them!!! I do own this book. I would be willing to swap it, not sell it!!!]]></body>
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    <review id="9586620">
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    <name><![CDATA[Donna]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 26 20:27:04 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 26 20:28:44 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ah, much more satisfying than Magic of Not? (this is a sequel).  I loved the civil rights issue that was part of one adventure in this book (published in 1960 - I can remember well the era it was describing).  Fun, fun, fun.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9586620]]></url>
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    <review id="6149008">
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 13 09:53:33 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 13 09:55:51 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[  This is my second to least favorite Eager book.  If you've read Magic or Not?  It's like that, only a little better.<br/>  Just hang on!  The last Eager book is one of the best.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6149008]]></url>
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    <review id="16773302">
    <user id="625476">
    <name><![CDATA[Reuel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Mar 01 11:14:12 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I also read this as a child, about 1963. I love all of Edgar Eager's children's books.]]></body>
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    <review id="9588891">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1980</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 26 21:42:22 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[A must read to yourself, your kids, your friends kids, anyone especially if they like magic!]]></body>
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    <review id="33953264">
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 27 02:29:36 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 27 02:30:08 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really didn't get into the books about these kids...]]></body>
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    <review id="78591584">
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 21 19:51:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 20 16:38:51 -0800 2009</date_added>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 06 12:08:54 -0800 2009</date_added>
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 04 03:34:05 -0800 2009</date_added>
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