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  <title><![CDATA[Mara, Daughter of the Nile (Puffin Story Books)]]></title>
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  <default-description>The adventures of an ingenious Egyptian slave girl who undertakes a dangerous assignment as a spy in the royal palace of Thebes, in the days when Queen Hatshepsut ruled.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1979</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Eloise Jarvis McGraw]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this in junior high and dug it out again for a &quot;light&quot; read -- it's actually more intense than I remembered, but still fun. For being written in 1953, Mara is a surprisingly strong female character, a slave-turned-spy for two opposing masters. She's smart, quick on her feet, speaks...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16293974">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Mar 21 07:36:10 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am going to open up my heart to you guys.  I read this book when I was, oh, maybe 7 or 8, and it was my favorite book for YEARS.  I re-read it countless times.  It was the only book from my childhood I brought with me to college.  It may have been, in large part, the reason my mom once bought me a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/360611">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Dec 30 00:22:56 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I must have read this first in middle school - probably found it by snooping around the historical fiction section of my library.  Goodness, I love this book - and this author.  If you are a fan of historical fiction, or simply of good stories, you really should look into her other works.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41261984">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71195130">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this on the recommendation of my good friend Traci.  I guess she used to read it all the time in junior high and I always shunned it.  I finally took her up on the offer and read it.  <br/>While I thought the first part was rather slow going, I ended up really enjoying it and wanting to read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71195130">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65012490">
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  <date_added>Sun Jul 26 10:58:42 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 26 10:58:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Most AMAZING book ever! I was never a big reader and never really interested in the books I read so when I read this and I couldn't put it down I didn't know what was wrong! At first my sister made me read the first chapter I only read the first paragraph and set it down saying it was boring.  She a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65012490">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48331161">
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 05 11:30:44 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 05 11:40:01 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book. While I hate romance novels, this book held several aspects. It was geographically and architecturally accurate in its history. It held a good adventure plot, and the conflict was insane enough to be real.<br/><br/>The story is about a blue-eyed Egyptian slave girl named Mara. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48331161">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44007333">
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 22 19:05:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 22 19:17:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was...this had been...one of the greatest books of all time. I remember reading it in 6th grade, and fell in love with it head over heels. Great twisting, nail-biting suspense, and a beautiful ending (as was the SPOILER!!! torture scene. OK, so people may think me weird for finding torture scen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44007333">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69509279">
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just read this for at least the fourth time. The first time I read it was in junior high, and it is still good every single time! What's not to love, a sassy heroine (Mara) gets involved as a double spy in a plot in ancient Egypt. There's lots of intrigue, a dashing nobleman (I did notice this time ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69509279">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60681002">
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  <read_at>Mon Jul 27 17:22:07 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jul 27 17:22:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book many times. Now I'm reading it aloud to my significant other.  It's a fun story about a slave in Egypt torn between serving one man loyal to the female pharaoh and another man who leads the resistance to put the pharaoh's stepson on the throne.  <br/><br/>Since the last time I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60681002">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="33507794">
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 11 11:47:58 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm reading this book aloud to Clara.  Interesting plot.  I'm anxious to see how it ends.]]></body>
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    <review id="43508114">
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I first read this novel about 3 years ago, before I was writing any reviews on Goodreads.  I decided to select it for the book club my aunt started.  I enjoyed reading it this time just as much as the first time around.<br/><br/>Mara is a slave in ancient Egypt.  Yet in one day she manages to enta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43508114">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="29595752">
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    <body><![CDATA[Like most reviewers, I read this when I was younger (6th or 7th grade), as it was part of the curriculum. I loved it then, and I loved it now. I have read it at least half a dozen times.<br/>Mara is a slave who, through a strange turn of events, becomes a double spy. One of her masters is a cold ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29595752">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22991518">
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  <date_added>Mon May 26 13:06:20 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book. I don't remember when I first read it but I recently finished reading it again. It is set in ancient Egypt, during the reign of Hatshepsut. The setting is vivid and detailed, bringing the era to life for the reader. One of my favorite passages is near the end of the book, where vie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22991518">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59834792">
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this story.  It was one of those rare books that I would think about at work and get excited to go home and read.  Mara is a slave in ancient Egypt who ends up acting as a spy for both the Queen Hatshepsut and the rebel group trying to dethrone her.  Mara is a strong and intelligent...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59834792">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63207691">
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  <date_added>Sun Jul 12 18:19:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I ended up skimming most of this.  It was pleasantly surprising in its length and depth for a book I picked up in the children's section of the library; Mara plays a double-agent as rebels seek to raise the pharaoh to power.  But some parts were were too heavy-handed: one of the characters never str...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63207691">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70057175">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[    This book was about an egyptian girl named Mara. Mara was a beautiful slave, who was sent on a dangerious mission as a double spy, between two different masters. Mara isn't just an ordianary slave, she knows how to read and write and compared to the other slaves she has blue eyes and speaks Baby...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70057175">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69211623">
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    <body><![CDATA[The book is exhilirating at many piont in the book.  Mara is a double agent working for two masters in a plot to throw the queen off the throne. One trying to keep the queen ruling and on to throw her off. Many dangerous conflicts come up that could threaten Eygpt as they know it and the lives of ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69211623">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book first as a very young girl and I was absolutely captivated! Egypt has always held a special place in my heart because my grandparents used to travel there and their &quot;slide shows&quot; (remember those?) were fascinating. Granted, the story is melodramatic and some have said they...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66388830">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVED this book. It was great. I guess I'm just a killer for romance novels... but I really liked the plot (I won't spoil anything!) and the twists and turns. I can still remember this book and a lot about it, even though I read it like 4 years ago or more. If you like good romance, intrigue, and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60013967">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book. The idea of the story isn't that original but it's very interesting. I begged my younger sisters to let me read it to them and theykept refusing because they didn't think they would like it. They finally relented though and they both loved it. My sisters were 12 and 15 and I'm 17. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38225379">more...</a>]]></body>
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