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  <title><![CDATA[Nim's Island]]></title>
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  <default-description>A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim&amp;#8211;a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she&amp;#8217;s not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving her alone on their island. Besides, it&amp;#8217;s not as if no one&amp;#8217;s looking after her&amp;#8211;she&amp;#8217;s got a sea lion to mother her and an iguana for comic relief. She also has an interesting new e-mail pal. But when her father&amp;#8217;s cell-phone calls stop coming and disaster seems near, Nim has to be stronger and braver than she&amp;#8217;s ever been before.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And she&amp;#8217;ll need all her friends to help her.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1999</original-publication-year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Wendy Orr]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book to my second graders and we all enjoyed it.  Even the boys liked it, which was a concern when I first pulled it out and overheard comments from some of them about it being   a &quot;girl's book.&quot;  I guess anything with a girl as the main character qualifies as a girl's book.  T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22659765">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19398622">
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    <name><![CDATA[Christina]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun May 04 15:44:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book to my students. Many of them were excited about the movie. I tried to convince them that the movie we create in our heads when we read is better than the one we see when someone else creates it. They loved it!]]></body>
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    <review id="17374395">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bianca]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 09 10:59:38 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 09 10:59:38 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would give this book a hundred stars if I could.  I liked it because I am a girl who likes adventure, and it was about adventure.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="39641555">
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My sister and I watched the DVD movie version of this book over Thanksgiving. It was very cute, so I read the book. The movie is better.<br/><br/>Book Description from Amazon.com<br/>A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim – a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39641555">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60818907">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Indianapolis, IN]]></location>        
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[     A fun girl's adventure, with a girl protagonist who can fend for herself in just about any situation.<br/>     Nim and her scientist father live happily on a tropical island.  When her father leaves on one of his frequent scientific jaunts in his boat, Nim happily takes care of her home and pe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60818907">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36466197">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 29 06:00:47 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 28 09:36:41 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[	Amid a discussion on the movie, someone told me that the first line announced Nim as a homeschooled girl. Well, of course that meant that I would have to watch the movie – which, naturally, meant that I would have to read the book first! I breezed through it in a little over an hour; my seven yea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36466197">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69378998">
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    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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    <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Aug 29 17:32:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is such a sweet simple book, it was a joy to read and listen to.  I picked up the book on CD for a road trip I took with my mom and kids, but we got home before we finished the CDs, so I picked up the book and finished it.  Nim lives on a tropical island with her dad, Jack.   They are self suff...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69378998">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63204883">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kristen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tulsa, OK]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Jul 12 17:51:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A young girl, Nim, seeks help from the author of her favorite adventure series when her scientist father goes missing. Nim, though, lives on an island in the South Pacific. The author, Alexandra Rover, is an agoraphobic living in San Francisco. Rover overcomes her fears and sets out in search of Nim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63204883">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24564050">
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    <name><![CDATA[george]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nim has spent most of her life on a deserted island with her father and she loves it. She has a routine and that routine doesn't change when her father announces that he is going off to search for plankton for three days. Nim decides to stay behind and take care of things at home. She has help--her ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24564050">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21640581">
  <user id="851919">
    <name><![CDATA[Kimberly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon May 05 10:45:49 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a book I read to my 7 year old.  He and I both loved it and we read it very quickly.  He loved the fact that Nim picked food from a garden to eat everyday and took care of herself.  We also loved how descriptive the author was in the story.  We could actuall picture Nim, Fred, Chica and Sel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21640581">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21075448">
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    <name><![CDATA[Marika]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nim's Island is the story of a little girl, Nim, who lives on a beautiful, deserted island with her father, Jack. Nim's father is a scientist and he leaves Nim alone on the island for three days and three nights in search of interesting plankton. With Jack gone, it is up to Nim to take care of the g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21075448">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20982217">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I took my son to see this movie and fell completely in love--so completely that I bought the book the next day. Nim and her father live alone on a deserted tropical island--alone, that is, insofar as human contact goes. They have plenty of companions of non-human type. Nim is a bright, vibrant, cour...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20982217">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44742707">
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    <body><![CDATA[A fun read, with a heroine who is not only brave and resourceful, but helps a shy woman to develop her own inner resources.  It is entertaining and touching in parts, especially for girls and mothers, but I think plot relies heavily on technology which may eventually date the text.  Also, while it's...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44742707">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27738765">
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up mostly because I knew Wendy Orr lived in Australia, and I wanted to study some Australian voices. It turned out to be the kind of book I love: the kind that opens up a whole, vivid world inside your head, with relatively few words. I kind of feel about the island like I feel about N...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27738765">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[  When I read this book, I thought to myself that this girl (Nim) is really brave and I would never have done the things she had. It makes you think that you have to have confidence in yourself and just try to have a fun adventure with whatever you are doing. You have to believe that no matter what ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64739719">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Crisp writing, imaginative details, and a satisfying adventure that takes just enough of reality to make this story a great escape into a girl's world of adventures.  The titular protagonist is a capable, sunny girl with a scientific mind -- first one I've encountered and liked in all the kid lit I'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42194727">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 29 09:26:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 29 09:28:14 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Again, I have no idea why this was on my to-read list. It appeared with many others at the library with my name on it, so I figure I read about it somewhere. Perhaps because the movie came out this month. I haven't seen the movie, but it's getting bad reviews, so I'll probably wait for the rental. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25823268">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Sep 21 16:24:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A sweet, light-hearted island survival story.  I think that this would be enjoyable to read with students or a family -- it's easy reading with a bit of suspense, but nothing very scary.  The relationships between Nim and her animal friends were quite cute.  And Nim's island would be a fun place to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72041805">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59106131">
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 09 21:42:14 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 14 21:44:02 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/><br/><br/>[Mom note - I really wish this had been better written. The setting and the story line are fun and exciting. The author has nice craft and can put together an excellent description, but on the whole it seemed like this story was phoned in and slapped together as quickly as possible...]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 19 08:39:18 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 19 08:40:40 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My daughter is completely addicted to all stories that plant oneself on a desert island...and these books by Wendy Orr are fantastic.  They are the perfect read aloud story to share with your older or even younger child.  ]]></body>
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