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    <body><![CDATA[I was fortunate to receive a copy of Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle And Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino from Roaring Brook Press. This is a sweet, funny story set in upstate New York just before the moon landing, focusing on a group of neighborhood children who have their own hierarc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57849959">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What did you like most about this book? The time period was a favorite element in this book. I love the late 60's and the innocence that seemed to still exist. During the summer all of the neighborhood kids would get all worked when the heard the ice-cream truck coming. They would play endless games...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69040070">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick, enjoyable read. Protagonist is sometimes likable, sometimes exasperating! Definitely feel empathy for her though. And for Muscle Man too for that matter. I remember how intensely I felt about friendship when I was that age (11) and so I can identify with her feelings of loss since her frien...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80712419">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What an excellent offering for young adults! This slim book should be an easy read for the 8-12 crowd, and offers some important life lessons about loss and dreams and rushing to judgment. In this first person account, Tamara speaks with a clear and wonderful voice that really captures the petulant ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56012852">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was so sad but so good.  Sad for so many reasons-the shadow of Vietnam, Muscle Man's sad past, Tammy's loss of her best friend, her stifling, emotionally stunted family (really, what sort of parents wouldn't let their child watch the moon landing, and have no desire to see it themselves?) ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76950541">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Such a rich and entertaining young adult find! This slim novel has a bully for a narrator, a tall-tale-teller for an enemy and the summer of 1969 as its volatile setting. Tamara has a clear and honest voice - she made me feel the frustrations of her ten-year-old self as though they were my own. The ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68784814">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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