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  <title><![CDATA[Chicks with Sticks (It's a Purl Thing) - Book 1]]></title>
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  <default_description>Scottie's life is changing, and not for the better. She feels like she's losing her best friend, Amanda, and her mom has morphed into the new It girl of Chicago's art world. It feels just like the bottom is about to drop out of her world completely, and then she's thrown a cashmerino lifeline when she discovers KnitWit, her local yarn store. There she and Amanda meet new friends Bella and Tay, and soon all four girls are bound together by their yen for yarn and their hunger for friendship. Soon the stitches and the friendships become so intertwined, it's hard to remember which came first&amp;#151;the girls or the purls.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Cana Rensberger for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>Fifteen-year-old Scottie has trains roaring through her dreams at night, resulting in hours of early morning insomnia. It's been like this since Aunt Roz's funeral. To make it worse, she's begun to feel like a stranger in her own home-turne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21554297">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Scottie is a sophomore in high school who is going through a rough time—her favorite aunt in the world just died in a tragic accident, her parents act like they’re from another planet, and she and her best friend Amanda are no longer as close as they once were.  She first encounters knitting whi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9888898">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book made me want to learn how to knit, and to wish that I'd had something like knitting to turn to in high school, and a store like KnitWit to go to.  I'm just past my own cheesy teenage angst now, so I was able to go back to a place in my mind where it wasn't so cheesy at all.<br/>I really l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40500064">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 24 06:24:19 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this for a buck at the Penguin sale and am really enjoying it.  I bought another one but am now frustrated to find out I bought 1 and 3...<br/><br/>So far it is a cute book and an easy read.  It's for teens and about teens, but I'm still enjoying it.<br/><br/>****<br/>I asked Mom to lo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37501773">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel is one of those cute, fun, Meg Cabot kinds of young adult chick books—with a couple of serious issues thrown in to make the book meaningful.  Scottie, a 10th grader, feels overlooked by her prominent artist mother, and now her BFF isn’t:  she’s moving away from Scottie into the “p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69957870">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I grabbed this book because of the premise (knitting teens!), but was very disappointed by it.  There wasn't much plot and the characters were not sympathetic - the only thing worth reading about were the descriptions of yarn!]]></body>
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    <review id="31436520">
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    <body><![CDATA[A book that teaches teen girls that fitting in is something that you can never be happy doing and that you can do anything you want.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[You know, I liked this book. I can't bring myself to rate it higher than three stars, though, because of a couple of things.<br/><br/>First, the character &quot;Alice&quot; is one of the biggest Mary Sues who ever Sued. Now, I don't have anything against using your personal life experience in writ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30655998">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26775575">
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    <body><![CDATA[Why it's taking me forever to finish consuming &quot;Chicks with Sticks: It's a Purl Thing&quot; <br/>— 2 years ago<br/>WORTH CONSUMING!<br/><br/>Because I lost it. Shhhh…don’t tell Caitlin. She will kill me!<br/><br/>A story about &quot;Chicks with Sticks: It's a Purl Thing&quot; <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26775575">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="730645">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wasn't sure I was going to like this book.  Yes, I'm a yarn lover, but my craft is crocheting.  (Although I've considered picking up knitting more than once, it's never really worked out for me as well as crocheting does.)  I do have a soft spot for young adult literature, but I've never really fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/730645">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72600576">
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If I had to describe this book in three words they would all be &quot;c&quot; words: cute, comfy, and cozy. ALMOST cheesy, but in a good way.<br/>The only thing is that I would've preffered 1st person, but I'm just picky.<br/>Scottie has been suffering insomnia ever since her aunt died. When she p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72600576">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[My teen daughter and I listened to this mp3 that we checked out from the net library.  Our own public library is part of this group so we didn't have to leave the house to check it out.  She was home sick from school so we listened to the whole thing in 2 days.  Basically a teen (parent,friend,HS pr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70874572">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chicks with Sticks is an excellent book! Its very much a teen book that any girl could relate to. After I read this book the characters and their knitting reminded me of al the knitting stuff I had gotten three Christmases ago! Now I knit a lot and have forgotten about how its actually really fun. A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44336671">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Oct 06 16:55:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 24 10:45:57 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>Many people made fun of me while I was wlking around with this book. They wouls say &quot;who reads a book about knitting?&quot; This book is sooo much more than knitting. These four friends are bound together by knitting. After reading it made me realize how special knitting can be. This book...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73677380">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48494337">
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  <date_added>Sat Mar 07 05:54:22 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you love to knit, READ THIS BOOK. But even if you don't know the first thing about knitting, you'll still love this book. There are even knitting patterns in the back for projects they discuss in the book. I just realized it's a series, so I look forward to reading the rest. I must warn you...rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48494337">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a cute book with fun characters. However the language of these high school girls started to drive me crazy.  Every other sentence there were taking the lords name in vain. And the main character would sometimes be bold and brave and then other times would be a total wimp but I guess some of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74044921">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up because I've been into YA books recently, and, of course, the whole knitting thing. Reading it reminded me how hard it is to write for the YA audience and make it sound real and authentic and how people think and feel. This author didn't rise to that challenge. Trite. Simple. Stupid...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30272346">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book made me wish that I was a knit grrl. Alas - I did not knit when I was 14 and since I am now a multiple of that number - I fear that train has passed. Strangly my niece who is about the right age for this book - didn't care for it. I don't think she even finished it. I did - and I thought i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43494568">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was cute. It is a teenage book I picked it up because I thought the title was cute and liked the fact there were patterns in the back of the book, plus it was less then 3 dollars! woohoo! <br/>I would def recommend this book to middleschoolers or early teens that might like knit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53452289">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Scottie, a high school sophmore, unexpectedly discovers knitting as a therapeutic way to deal with her grief over her favorite aunt's death and build and renew friendships.  A growing group of &quot;chicks with sticks&quot; find knitting helps in other ways as they deal with first love, learning pro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38219770">more...</a>]]></body>
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