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    <body><![CDATA[This book is STUPID!!!!!!<br/><br/>I suggest you do not want to read it....<br/><br/><br/>OK this is why it is terrible these girls who are in 5th grade move away from each other ect.... but they cuss.<br/><br/>Stupid.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A humorous look at a young girl, Gemma, whose best friend moves away and how she learns to adjust.  Any youngster who has been inseparable from a friend will identify with Gemma's plight.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was pleasantly surprised by this--Wilson's books have never appealed to me, and I only picked this up because SLJ sent it to me.  I didn't expect such a realistic treatment of a common childhood trauma (a friend moving away), or even the sympathetic treatment of a character who should, by rights, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24272597">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[its a good book and understanding book that u will love to read and it dose have upsetting things but most of it is really good to read and u would nt want 2 put it dwn ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was ok. I reminded me of when i left America and Japan and how hard it was. Very easy read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i really hated it. sobody read this horrific book]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i really liked this book. A MUST READ BOOK]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;<p>LITERARY SUPERSTAR JACQUELINE WILSON TELLS A UNIVERSAL STORY</p><p>about what it means to be Best Friends Forever. Gemma and Alice have been best friends since they were born on the same day in the same hospital&#8212;it doesn&#8217;t matter that Gemma loves soccer while Alice prefers drawing, or that Gemma is always getting into trouble while Alice is a model student and daughter. But when Alice has to move to Scotland with her family, their friendship is put to the test. Is Best Friends Forever stronger than five hundred miles? Readers will relate to the heroic efforts the girls make to maintain their friendship and the small disasters of &#8216;tween life that they encounter along the way. Tender, funny, and always honest, BEST FRIENDS is the book to win American readers into the legions of fans Jacqueline Wilson has world-wide. Visit www.jacquelinewilsonrocks.com.</p>&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <![CDATA[Can Gemma and Alice remain best friends forever when one of them has to move away? Another outstanding novel from a bestselling author.<br/><br/><em>Alice is my very best friend. I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;d do without her.</em><br/><br/>Gemma and Alice, born on the same day, have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma&#8217;s larger-than-life personality and Alice&#8217;s quieter, calmer character, the two are inseparable &#8211; until that is Alice has to move house, all the way to Scotland. Gemma is utterly distraught, particularly at the thought that Alice might find a new best friend. Is there anything Gem&#8217;s brothers, or perhaps her granddad, can do to help?<br/><br/>A charming, funny and touching story that new and younger girl fans of the hugely successful Jacqueline Wilson will adore. Established fans, especially male readers, will be delighted to re-encounter the flamboyant Biscuits, co-star of <strong>Buried Alive</strong> and <strong>Cliffhanger</strong>.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Can Gemma and Alice remain best friends forever when one of them has to move away? Another outstanding novel from a bestselling author.<br/><br/><em>Alice is my very best friend. I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;d do without her.</em><br/><br/>Gemma and Alice, born on the same day, have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma&#8217;s larger-than-life personality and Alice&#8217;s quieter, calmer character, the two are inseparable &#8211; until that is Alice has to move house, all the way to Scotland. Gemma is utterly distraught, particularly at the thought that Alice might find a new best friend. Is there anything Gem&#8217;s brothers, or perhaps her granddad, can do to help?<br/><br/>A charming, funny and touching story that new and younger girl fans of the hugely successful Jacqueline Wilson will adore. Established fans, especially male readers, will be delighted to re-encounter the flamboyant Biscuits, co-star of <strong>Buried Alive</strong> and <strong>Cliffhanger</strong>.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very sad book. It made me remember what it was like moving and not being able to see my really good friends as much as I used to. I have the same feelings as the main character, Gemma, and it was hard not to cry when things went wrong when her best friend, Alice had moved. Read this book!<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33434332">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Can Gemma and Alice remain best friends forever when one of them has to move away? Another outstanding novel from a bestselling author.<br/><br/><em>Alice is my very best friend. I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;d do without her.</em><br/><br/>Gemma and Alice, born on the same day, have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma&#8217;s larger-than-life personality and Alice&#8217;s quieter, calmer character, the two are inseparable &#8211; until that is Alice has to move house, all the way to Scotland. Gemma is utterly distraught, particularly at the thought that Alice might find a new best friend. Is there anything Gem&#8217;s brothers, or perhaps her granddad, can do to help?<br/><br/>A charming, funny and touching story that new and younger girl fans of the hugely successful Jacqueline Wilson will adore. Established fans, especially male readers, will be delighted to re-encounter the flamboyant Biscuits, co-star of <strong>Buried Alive</strong> and <strong>Cliffhanger</strong>.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[Can Gemma and Alice remain best friends forever when one of them has to move away? Another outstanding novel from a bestselling author.<br/><br/><em>Alice is my very best friend. I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;d do without her.</em><br/><br/>Gemma and Alice, born on the same day, have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma&#8217;s larger-than-life personality and Alice&#8217;s quieter, calmer character, the two are inseparable &#8211; until that is Alice has to move house, all the way to Scotland. Gemma is utterly distraught, particularly at the thought that Alice might find a new best friend. Is there anything Gem&#8217;s brothers, or perhaps her granddad, can do to help?<br/><br/>A charming, funny and touching story that new and younger girl fans of the hugely successful Jacqueline Wilson will adore. Established fans, especially male readers, will be delighted to re-encounter the flamboyant Biscuits, co-star of <strong>Buried Alive</strong> and <strong>Cliffhanger</strong>.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A sad story about 2 best friends. One of them, Alice, moves to Scotland and the other, Gemma, misses her sooooooo much. There, Alice makes a new friend called Flora, who Gemma doesn't like, as Alice is always talking about her. It has a happy ending, though.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Can Gemma and Alice remain best friends forever when one of them has to move away? Another outstanding novel from a bestselling author.<br/><br/><em>Alice is my very best friend. I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;d do without her.</em><br/><br/>Gemma and Alice, born on the same day, have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma&#8217;s larger-than-life personality and Alice&#8217;s quieter, calmer character, the two are inseparable &#8211; until that is Alice has to move house, all the way to Scotland. Gemma is utterly distraught, particularly at the thought that Alice might find a new best friend. Is there anything Gem&#8217;s brothers, or perhaps her granddad, can do to help?<br/><br/>A charming, funny and touching story that new and younger girl fans of the hugely successful Jacqueline Wilson will adore. Established fans, especially male readers, will be delighted to re-encounter the flamboyant Biscuits, co-star of <strong>Buried Alive</strong> and <strong>Cliffhanger</strong>.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>This book is so touching it make me think of me and my old bestfriend as we now go to different schools. This is a great book and i think that every girl or boy should be able to read because it shows that you should alway have hope.</strong>]]></body>
    
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