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  <title><![CDATA[Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself]]></title>
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  <default_description>When Sally&amp;#8217;s family moves to Miami Beach for the winter of 1947, she is excited and nervous at the same time. What will school be like in Florida? Will she make any friends? Will she fit in so far away from home?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Miami Beach has so many things to worry and wonder about, Sally is in for one unforgettable winter!</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1977</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Judy Blume]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone with a tenuous grip on reality]]></recommended_for>
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 15 07:35:18 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 15 07:51:52 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought about giving this a five, and it might deserve one.<br/><br/>This is Judy Blume's best book. It's written for a younger crowd than her Puberty books, and Sally's concerns lie in the elementary school horrors of shame and embarrassment and trying to fit in. These are conveyed spectacularl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9145671">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21713553">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue May 06 12:05:39 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 06 12:14:27 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I am, I confess wearily, too old to have read Judy Blume as a child. However, I had the unbelievable good fortune (no sarcasm intended here) to have a daughter when I was 18; therefore, as I joyfully stuffed her room with books, I had the great opportunity...er, I mean the heavy responsibility of re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21713553">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="7284707">
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    <name><![CDATA[Presley]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 04 19:47:48 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 02 16:25:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself&quot; is my favorite book. It's about ten-year-old Sally who moves to Maimi Beach for the winter since her brother has a kidney infection and needs to stay in warmth. The book takes place in the post World War Two era. The book doesn't really have a main c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7284707">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="25467253">
    <user id="718784">
    <name><![CDATA[Ellen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Louis, MO]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 25 15:41:42 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 25 15:44:25 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the first books I truly considered a &quot;favorite.&quot; <br/><br/>Judy Blume was in New York doing a reading my freshmen year of college -- not having my copy with me, I bought a new copy of this beloved favorite and had her sign it. I couldn't stop gushing about how much I loved this bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25467253">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25467253]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="72920365">
    <user id="2635940">
    <name><![CDATA[Tiffany]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Rothesay, Canada]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[all preteen girls]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 29 13:54:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 29 14:05:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>20</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This was my favoutite Judy Blume book of all. You can tell because my old copy is water-stained (from reading in the bath, at the beach, wherever) and the back cover is missing. I loved Sally, and the era was a different time than the other Judy Blume books, which were more currant (at the time). It...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72920365">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72920365]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="73794744">
    <user id="51647">
    <name><![CDATA[Colin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 07 17:13:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 07 17:21:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I used to looove this. I remember i felt super grown-up reading it because our library had the hard back edition which I thought was extra extra extra long. On re-read, it's still cute, but there's a few things that are fucked up. One is this weird &quot;Latin Lovers&quot; thing the main character g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73794744">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73794744]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="18840780">
    <user id="336238">
    <name><![CDATA[Nicole]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Columbus, OH]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 28 08:30:57 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 28 08:31:55 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this one over and over again. I think I had some parts memorized. It really saddens me that they don't have a picture of the edition I had which was yellow! ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18840780]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="232185">
    <user id="22493">
    <name><![CDATA[Val]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Boston, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Middle School Kids]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 11 13:34:12 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 11 13:35:11 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of my favorite childhood novels.  I re-read it many times.  Sally is a vibrant character, and her adventures are exciting and often funny.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/232185]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2833056">
    <user id="177030">
    <name><![CDATA[Jen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Troy, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 08 11:17:37 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 08 11:19:05 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my favorite Judy Blume book.  I borrowed it from the library so many times that the librarian suggested I read something else!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2833056]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="62870484">
    <user id="90661">
    <name><![CDATA[Destinee]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Seattle, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 09 21:47:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 20 20:53:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[At the end of the audio book, Judy Blume confessed that this is her most autobiographical book, which explains why it felt so authentic, why the details really sang. Blume's Sally is a naive but very curious 5th grader who fantasizes about capturing Hitler (who, in her imagination, is her elderly ne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62870484">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62870484]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="39513612">
    <user id="1548009">
    <name><![CDATA[Dana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[little girls with big brains and bigger imaginations]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 07 09:29:01 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 07 09:34:24 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>countless</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This was, hands-down, my favorite book as a girl. I read it and reread it so many times the binding would tear. Sometimes I'd open it to a random page and just read from there until the end. <br/>Like Sally, I had a wild imagination and wanted to be a star. I dreamed of tragic romance and brilliant...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39513612">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39513612]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="542923">
    <user id="26694">
    <name><![CDATA[melissa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dallas, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 02 22:48:30 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 02 22:48:54 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[THIS was my favorite Judy Blume. Yay!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/542923]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="1218386">
    <user id="5">
    <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Santa Monica, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5-elizabeth]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <date_added>Mon May 14 23:34:03 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 14 23:34:29 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[My favorite Blume book. ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1218386]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="37668308">
    <user id="38005">
    <name><![CDATA[Runa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Charlottesville, VA]]></location>        
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      <rating>0</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 14 12:46:01 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 13 17:35:45 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 14 12:46:01 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This was always one of my favorite books by Judy Blume.  I'm sure others would pick Are You There, God, but this is the one I found most relatable and interesting.  I was stunned to realize that Sally is only 10 (this must be my third or fourth time reading it and I just now caught it *headdesk*).  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37668308">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37668308]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="17777568">
    <user id="534500">
    <name><![CDATA[Adriana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[nobody]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 14 19:08:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 14 19:16:20 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Title: Starring Sally J. Herself<br/># of Pages: 298 <br/>Publisher: Yearling an imprint of Random House Children's Books a division of Random House, Inc., New York<br/>Cost: $5.99 <br/>ISBN 0-440-48253-4<br/><br/><br/>The book that this review is based on is called Sally J. Freedman as Herse...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17777568">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17777568]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="42936944">
    <user id="446837">
    <name><![CDATA[Dawn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Somerville, MA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Jan 13 13:28:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 13 13:31:37 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I know this one by heart due to the number of times I read it as a girl, but I just reread Sally this past weekend because I was in need of a comfort read. I realize that this book taught me pretty much everything I knew about judaism until I went to college. But what I mean to say about it, really,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42936944">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42936944]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="68569937">
    <user id="49519">
    <name><![CDATA[Emily]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Saint Paul, MN]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sun Aug 23 11:57:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 23 12:02:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I am on a Judy Blume kick as of late. I didn't have time to read a lot of the popular YA when I was young, due to overwhelming amounts of school work. So I am taking a trip back in time and re-reading a lot of the older YA classics from the 60's-80's, (thanks to Shelf Discovery by By Lizzie Skurnick...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68569937">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68569937]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="22813187">
    <user id="1090413">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about a girl called Sally moved to Miami Beach. She was worried if she might find new friends or not &amp; how would school be like. And it turned out to be that she had the best time of her life.Even though she was worrying a lot about other stuff, Sally had a lot of adventures with her fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69167779">more...</a>]]></body>
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