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  <title><![CDATA[I, Houdini: The Amazing Story of an Escape-Artist Hamster]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;p&gt; You may think Houdini is a strange name for a hamster, but if you've ever heard of the late Great Houdini, the most amazing escape-artist of all time, you'll understand how I got my name. I'm proud to say that there hasn't been a cage built that can hold me. I can climb, dive, wriggle, squeeze, or gnaw my way out of any prison they came up with. I have to admit that sometimes freedom leads to a bit of trouble--like getting cornered by the cat, ending up in the dog's mouth, or being trapped in the freezing cold of a dark refrigerator. But I won't be stopped! With a whole big world out there to explore, who wants to be held prisoner in a hamster cage?&lt;/P&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1978</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>I, Houdini: The Amazing Story of an Escape-Artist Hamster</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lynne Reid Banks]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 14 19:07:16 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a long, long time ago, and yes, it's one of those cute anthropomorphized-animal books, but it's (in hindsight) missing a lot of writing.  What happens between the scenes is quite lacking.  Still, good for little kids.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Houdini's adventures and perspective are interesting though somehow I didn't find his voice to be that of a convincing hamster (as if I know how hamsters speak).]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 03 05:51:22 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Listened to the author read this on a road trip long ago. Maybe I'm exaggerating the rating, but dang, I remember all of us, kids and adults, being enthralled. ]]></body>
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    <review id="61238563">
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    <body><![CDATA[Funny, cute, and keep you reading. I liked this book because Houdini is a hamster that can escape from any cage and that's how he got his name. It's funny. ]]></body>
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    <review id="12404484">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jan 13 10:52:02 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 17 18:14:40 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Growing up I loved <em>The Indian In The Cupboard</em> series by Banks.  This was a book written, I'm supposing, after she concluded that series - I'm not totally sure.  It's about a escapist hamster told from the hamster's perspective.  It's an interesting notion and a fair-to-do children's book.  I never t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12404484">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52880504">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Taran and Lucy really enjoyed this one; I as well.  Houdini amuses us all and we enjoy reading of his exploits.  Now, I believe my children are hoping for a hamster.]]></body>
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    <review id="42027631">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book, more than anything, made me want to beg my parents for a hamster, hahaha.]]></body>
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    <review id="59165376">
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;I, Houdini by Lynne Reid Banks (2003)&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="37567322">
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought that this book was short and sweet. It is one of those books that you read on an airplane to keep your mine off of how much your ears hurt or how loud the person next to you is snoring. ]]></body>
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    <review id="7486731">
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    <body><![CDATA[A very silly children's book but I have a weird thing for chubby hamsters. The only hamster-narrated book out there that I know of. Great stuff for kids to read for imagination growing =]]]></body>
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    <review id="22833297">
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book! This is my most favorite! Houdini is so cute! He's not just like any ordinary hamster. He has personal feelings. Everyone should read this book. ]]></body>
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    <review id="24938793">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everyone!!]]></recommended_for>
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    <body><![CDATA[Banks was one of my favorite authors growing up.  I loved the &quot;Cupboard&quot; series, but I always loved &quot;I, Houdini&quot; best!]]></body>
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    <review id="9499816">
    <user id="638644">
    <name><![CDATA[Löla]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This hamster got his name frome his personality.All he wants to do is escape.He can alway find a way to escape.]]></body>
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    <review id="30367363">
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 13 12:05:57 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[a really cute book! the escapades of an extremely intelligent household hamster :)]]></body>
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    <review id="12701289">
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    <body><![CDATA[that clever little hamster!  i just love good, old fashioned anthropomorphism! ]]></body>
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    <review id="48667526">
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're going to read a book about a hamster, why not read this one?]]></body>
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    <review id="36457712">
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    <body><![CDATA[Top notch anthropomorphic kiddy reading.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Banks, Lynne R.]]></body>
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