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    <body><![CDATA[In <em>Chasing Redbird</em>, Sharon Creech takes on topics of death and grieving, coming of age, forging identities, and being part of a family -- all in terms accessible to young readers. Zinnia Taylor, the story's protagonist, is thirteen years old and feels lost in the swarm of her six brothers and sister...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58670675">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;And yet, I could see how they were trying so hard to keep the dead alive,to defy that darkness sweeping in and overtaking them.&quot;  pg 244<br/><br/>&quot;&quot;Sometimes I think I see Aunt Jessie and baby Rose running through the hills together, and sometimes I race down the hill after th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71773016">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was overall really good. I wouldn't say it is my favorite Sharon Creech book. This book is mostly about a girl named Zinny and she lives on a farm. Then she finds this trail that no one ever went on for like 1000 years. It is full of suspense, friendship, love, and family. She expresses on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46737492">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was so much fun to read. It's about a girl named Zinny who feels left alone. She also feels that it's her fault that her little cousin Rose died at the agr of four. Rose an d Zinny wer eborn on the same month and they grew up together. But then Zinny ended up getting sick and Rose ended up...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35491267">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was great! I highly recommend Chasing Redbird, it is witty, sweet and a bit sad in parts. My favorite charecter was Zinny, mainly because you get to know her the best out of all of the charecters and she's adventurous,active and independent. I thought that it was a little wierd how once sh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71474336">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Here's what Kate S. had to say about this book:<br/>Overview:  Zinny Taylor is tired of being confused with her 8 brothers and sisters.  Aunt Jessie dies and Zinny discovers a trail.  she decides to uncover it.  Will she?<br/>This book ROCKS because:  It has a very good story plot.  I think everyo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60583406">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this book was selected for book club, and the only thing i can say is at least it was short. i really am not a fan of young adult fiction, when the main character is a teenager i just find them annoying. i know, she is discovering herself while she discovers the trail and all that, but really, i was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69883898">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my gosh... i read this like 15 times, but i NEVER get tired of it! This is my favorite book out of all of the millions of books i've read! My favorite character is Jake Boone, because he is very kind, and kind of a bumbling boy. this is a great book, and sharon creech is an EXCELLENT author! read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66885518">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A &quot;coming of age&quot; story.  Zinnia learns to mourn the losses in her life, accept the love that comes her way, and make everything else an adventure in the process.<br/><br/>I wanted this book to captivate me more than it did.  But still, an easy read, and maybe a good book for a young gir...]]></body>
    
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