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    <body><![CDATA[I had great hopes for <em>Atherton</em> by Patrick Carman, which is why I could only give it two stars after reading it.  The premise is creative, and I especially appreciated that the writer employed several ways of drawing the reader in (e.g., font variations, graphics, CD-ROM/Internet material). Unfortuna...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35523806">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first book (Atherton: House of Power) was pretty good. Don't get me wrong, I really don't like Patrick Carman's writing AT ALL but A: HoP kept me interested because it kept the action coming and maybe my heart was full of love or something when I read it so I thought it was okay-plus+.  But that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25020453">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Carrie Spellman for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>Edgar knows that he should be working rather than climbing and swinging in the trees, but he just can't seem to help himself -- even if it does earn him a beating from Mr. Ratikan's stick. It would hardly be the first time and it isn't like...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21232614">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely loved this book! This would be a great book for getting young readers into the wonderful world that books can take you. Edgar lives on Atherton, a world made up of three levels. Each level is made up of different classes of people and the distinction that comes with it. Edgar finds hims...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38445574">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book overall, but it seemed like it was a lot like <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/307791.The_City_of_Ember_The_Ember_Series_1_" title="The City of Ember (The Ember Series, #1) by Jeanne DuPrau">The City of Ember</a>. In both books, humans have essentially ruined Earth, so they built places to take refuge in. The main character in <em>The House of Power</em> is an 11-year-old boy named Edgar who lives on Atherton. Edgar is a skilled climb...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79548408">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a brilliant book, high-five to Patrick Carman, the awsome author who invented the magical planet of Atherton!<br/><br/>The 'Dark Planet' is Earth in the year 5021, and the mad genius Dr. Maxumius Harding, creates the planet 'Atherton', a haven from all the dirt and disaster on the Dark Pla...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62825375">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would actually give this book 3 &amp; 1/2 stars if it were possible.  Very close to a 4.  I was annoyed at the end to be left with a cliff hanger.  It seems like the book was written in its entirety and then conveniently parceled out among the planned series titles.  Other than that, this is a good fu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75302705">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would actually give this book 3 &amp; 1/2 stars if it were possible.  Very close to a 4.  I was annoyed at the end to be left with a cliff hanger.  It seems like the book was written in its entirety and then conveniently parceled out among the planned series titles.  Other than that, this is a good fu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64373330">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't love this book, just okay, hence the 2 stars.  It's the first of the series and I do plan to finish the series in hope it gets better. The House of Power takes place on a land that is flat which reminded me of all those fears we learned about in gradeschool from the early explorers before t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57601646">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting--much of this book reminds me a little of Myst; a land has been created by a person who has left written directions to a child who can't read...there is a sense that this world has been created by the mysterious Maximus Harding to save humanity, but, of course, things go wrong.  It seems...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3756816">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Have I just out-and-out read too many fantasy books to find any of them fresh and new? Edgar lives in Atherton, a planet divided into three distinct parts: The Highlands, Tabletop, and The Flatlands. Suddenly, the three parts begin to move together, which shakes both the world and all the societies ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64822174">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[All too often “young adult” fiction is bypassed by adult readers. However, as a certain scarred young wizard can attest to, just because a story is aimed at younger readers does not mean that it should not be judged as fiction on its own merits. This is the case with Atherton. Intrigued by the d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2361089">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a pretty good book. It was definitely disjointed and the POV changed too much. I think the premise was good but it could have used a lot more editing. If you want to read this author stick to the Land of Elyon books. (Now, all of that said, since my 5th grader will read all of a series I wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48324422">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[6/17/09 ~ audiobook version<br/><br/>I started listening to this yesterday in the car.  I had just been to the library, and even though I am in the middle of another audiobook, I didn't have my iPod with me.  So, I popped this one in the CD player.  It bugged me the rest of the night and this morn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60033411">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Edgar, an orphan who has spent his life living in the fig grove that he works in, finds a mysterious book that tells about the past of his home, Atherton, and warns about a future that could be disastrous. A fully realized setting carries a book that is short on character development and plot pacing...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60971880">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's very similar to other SF books that feature pioneers from Earth settling on another planet.  I like the idea of the caste system what happens to the order of things when the world starts to fall apart, literally.  It does leave you hanging, so I'll have to read the next book to see what happens...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58045525">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mixed feelings about the book. Was it the idea that a 9 year old was leading adults? Was it that he ripped off an eleven year old boys finger? I honestly dont know what it is about Carman but I've read Elyon, and now this (trying to give him a chance) and while I do think the plots are interesting.....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62994093">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has lots of made up stuff, and is very full of adventure. There is a boy who breaks lots of rules. One time he breaks a rule that made him find the truth about his life and world, loose his pinky finger, and dislocate his shoulder. What will happen? Read this book and find out!!! :)]]></body>
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