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  <default_description>Vivian Vande Velde's spellbinding short stories are filled with magic and mayhem. Witness the boy who breaks his dance date because he's too cheap to spend money on her. He learns about spells the hard way in Curses, Inc. What happens when a woman brings her son back from the dead in &quot;The Witch's Son&quot;? Many folks go to Granny Orilla for remedies. Does a cure or a curse await in &quot;Cypress Swamp Granny&quot;? Beware: These haunting stories will put you under their spell.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I will review each story individually first<br/><br/>Curses, Inc.--the title story, is about an 8th grade boy who jilts his date a week before the big dance because he doesn't want to spend his game money on some stupid dance. It was funny to see how cheap this boy would be. He originally starts o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72928351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was alright.  I thought it is easy and the stories are kind of immatture.  They weer quick, easy stories but you didn't really connect with the characters you just learned what they did or said and some things happen for no reason.  <br/>One story, Witch Hunters, I think it was called, I dislike...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79784223">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I suspect I would have enjoyed this book more if I had first stumbled upon it when I was actually in the targeted reading group! That is, in the fifth grade. <br/><br/>One thing I haven't touched on in my previous reviews (so called) of Vande Velde's stuff is that she does possess a rather sharp w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42663891">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about diffreent kind of witch, curses, and myths stories that happens to people in the different situations in each small story. This story will also have your intrested and will creep you out. Also this book full of stories will excite you for some suprises. The thing i liked about thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74497912">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15811253">
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    <body><![CDATA[Fun short stories. Screwy sense of humor, which I enjoyed.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What an excellent collection of short stories! I've discovered a new author who has made me feel right with the world again, after losing my faith with the disaster of the &quot;Undead&quot; book.  Ms. triple V, as  I affectionately call her, writes tales based on the different types of witches and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66756246">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think my favorite of the ten tales is unquestionably ‘Witch-Hunt’ as it leads you on a spooky journey with a fantastically true and hilarious ending that will have girls everywhere relating to it. ‘Curses, Inc’ is another story that stuck out to me, with its ironic turn of events and ‘Bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31869873">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a collection of short fantasy. Some of them set in traditional fairy tale backdrops and others are in modern settings. Most of the stories are about kids aged 12-16 using magic for personal gain and discovering that the end results are not always what they expcected or wanted. My favorite sh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9678656">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Short story anthology - so some are better than others. Generally, the longer, the better for me. I prefer more development than 5 pages, but I can see the appeal for reluctant YA readers.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice collection of (technically) YA stories.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[some stories were interesting, some just weird. XP]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a bad book. It has some really great stories in it. Though I'll admit I don't like all of them. In fact some of them lose my interest pretty quickly. But still recommended. Especially for everyone since theres just about everything in there. A little of something for everyone or such.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fun collection of &quot;witchy&quot; tales!  Some stories seemed to resolve too quickly, but all were well-crafted and gripping.  I am intrigued enough that I'll be watching for more collections by Vande Velde.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ This is a little book of short stories. my favorite story in them is the first one , which has the same name as the title.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can never get enough well-written short stories.  These come in a variety of fresh ideas.  Lovely.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[These short stories rock!]]></body>
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