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    <body><![CDATA[Swollen by Melissa Lion tells a story about true love and discovering yourself told from the viewpoint of Samantha (Sam) Pallas. Sam is accustomed to running from everything. She even ran from her school’s golden boy right before his death. Then Farouk arrives and no longer is Sam running away, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59468891">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[To be upfront this book touched some deep. long buried chords in me.  In fact it completely depressed me.  When I finished I had to go curl up next to my husband and just cry.  And not Lurlene McDaniel, everybody dies cry.  Just tears.  Why?  I don’t know, or more honestly have no plans of announc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28107904">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[     Swollen deals with real life issues. Samantha, is a teenage girl who is experincing with boy drama, she's a member of the track team and her dad is an unfaithful boyfriend. When a new kid comes to school, Farouk, Samantha falls head over heels for him. They spend so much time together thoughout...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46100909">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Each and everytime I read this book over and over, I get different rush of feelings. Many times I get confused or rather tangled by the ending. Touching, moving and heart-lifting story that leaves a deep stain in my heart. I feel for Samantha each time I read this book. Sometimes I feel Farouk is a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81849652">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Desperately longing to be loved, but afraid of being hurt, Samantha must conquer her fear of sharing her true feelings when she finds herself growing more and more attached to Farouk, the new boy at school.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As a parent of a 13 year old girl, this book is terribly depressing, and sad to me.  It has started a few conversations though with my daughter about choices.  (I read this book after my daughter brought it home from the library and read it.)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was very impacting and had a lot of deep issues in it. Ranging from a cheating father to a friend who cuts herself and feelings of inadequacy this novel spanned many parts of life. I loved the tone and the way Melissa Lion incorprated so many truthful feelings without making it feel bogged...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6272103">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was fantastic. It was well-written and believable and never too sappy. My only complaints would be that I got annoyed with Samantha near the end of the book, though I'm glad with the way things were tied up, even though it may not have been that picture-perfect ending some would hope for. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28783166">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A very random book, but ok for young adults I guess. Quick read,finished in less than a day.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So underrated.<br/><br/>* Stolen from the public library. ]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was major in depression, it started out with hope and dreams all those at the end were shut down and the main character didn't believe in the good people out there. I know i can't believe the theme of this story, because if the world was really like that, there wouldn't be families, there ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32453418">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This took a few unexpected turns from the 'first-love-leads-to-heart-break' formula.  The setting of coastal southern-California is brought out and adds to the story.  There are some interesting side plots and secondary characters.  This is an especially good look at how girls and women get to place...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40545441">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Samantha only wants to be loved. By her father, by her best friend, and now by the new boy at school, Farouk. The more time Sam spends with him, the more she can&#8217;t stop thinking about him. To escape, Sam runs track at school, finishing every race, but never pushing herself to the limit.<br/>Sam and Farouk spend afternoons at the beach where divers risk their lives to jump off high cliffs into the churning water below. Like the divers, Sam risks herself to be with Farouk, growing more and more attached to him, longing to feel safe enough to let herself go and show her true feelings.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Finely drawn characters and an engrossing read, but several months after I read it, I can't remember much about what happened.  The MC&quot;s relationship with her family was well-done, especially toward the end of the book, and the ending felt like it came straight out of real life, escaping the te...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7427733">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's alright but alittle to romancy and girly for me. Sammantha totally is a brat and doesn't even really care that a kid at her school dies. That kid could have been in love with her and she doesn't even seem to care. She even found he carved there inistials into a bridge! She just porays herself a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25014664">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A beautiful story about getting over first loves and realizing that you can get over them.]]></body>
    
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