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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, don't tell my english teacher, but I never actually finished this book, even though it was an assignment. Hee hee hee...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have finished Downsiders.  It is an unusual mix--not quite science fiction; more an urban fantasy.  Reminded me not a little of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.<br/><br/>The clash between the Downside and Topside cultures is well well described in the book.  Although meant for younger readers, I feel i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40336998">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[      The Downsiders is a novel by Neal Shusterman which highly resembles The Outsiders by S.E Hinton. It is about a 2 groups that are rivals. One group (The Downsiders) hang out below the ground. Their foe, The Upsiders, tend to be more powerful and the dominant of their school. The Downsiders meet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73095324">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The theme of people “living below,” near, and yet separate, has always interested me. I think what first piqued my interest was hearing about the tunnels at Disneyland for cast members. The idea of people enjoying the park while employees went about their daily business right beneath the feat re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49881489">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think the books Everlost and Undwind spoiled my thirst for this book. Those two books are just AMAZING!!! Some parts were kind of wierd such as how Talon and Linsay first met... I don't understand why Talon climbed out of the hole in Linsay's house... isn't he all scared to come out? I know he see...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23001226">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For some reason, Neal Shusterman seems like an easier, more accessible version of Neal Gaiman. As such, I really like using his works with my kids, as it's easy to start them on Shusterman then graduate them to Gaiman then on to Neal Stephenson if they're ready for that.<br/><br/><em>Downsiders</em> is in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7193120">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Downsiders is probably my favorite Neal Shusterman to date. To be honest, I'm a sucker for a cute romance, and that's what really got me about this one. But additionally, Neal Shusterman has created yet another fantasy world and infused it with enough real-life history and character to make it not o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23197146">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love how Schusterman takes the &quot;real world&quot; and blends it to make us question everything! This is a great story that is set in NYC (which drew me to it) and shows parallel cultures of the downsiders (underground dwellers) and the topsiders (NYC natives) and moments when the two cultures ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80750587">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[another great one by neal shusterman!!!! how would you like living in underground tunnels all ur life? living on the trash of the real world, well apparently a whole world of ppl live like that, and for years like &quot;upside&quot; had no clue about them, then a human uncovers one of their building...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79061415">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this one for the battle of the books. It reminded me of Gregor the Overlander for obvious reasons. a whole world exists under New York. Talon, from the Downside does the forbidden and makes contact with a girl from the Topside whom he actually brings down for a tour. He is condemned to death fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37105461">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cecilie<br/><br/>	Wow! I thought this book was really interesting. The Downsiders is about an underground world that has been there forever(or so you think). But when an accident occurs and the two worlds collide, it is up to a fourteen year old Downside boy and a “Topside” girl, to keep the u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32915342">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wasn't sure if I'd like this one much--too many &quot;secret underground society&quot; books have been unspeakably bad, and I guess I've gotten pretty skeptical of that sort of story. But this one was pretty nicely done. There are a few rough spots here and there, but as always, Shusterman's chara...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61491236">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Downsiders is a really good book. If you want to read a book that leaves you thinking could that really happen then this is the book for you. It's centered around Talon Angler, a downsider,and Lindsay Matthais, a topsider. Its about this thing called the great shaft disaster.To find out more read th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53376921">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Men at first I was like what in the world am I reading? But things really got better and better. I loved the happy ending and I really liked how things did not seem how they really were. The truth was found and things were fixed. I always knew thier was life underme lol]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a bad book.<br/><br/>Downsiders is about a community of people who live parallel to the people in New York City.  The Downsiders live underground, in abandoned places- unused subways, sewers, etc.  They make their clothing with scraps and they pave their roads with subway tokens.  It's a fasci...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31383337">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like Shusterman and his writing style. He really makes you feel like you are part of the story. I don't love this book but I like it. The story was sometimes frustrating and seamed a little scattered at points, especially the relationship between Lindsay and Talon. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutley love this book!!! A boy named Talon lives under New York with thousands of other &quot;downsiders&quot;. They (the downsiders) beleive that the topsider (surface) is bad. They beleive that the sun is poision, and that just about everything is backwards. Talon is facinated by the topside...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37570080">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Teen/Young Adult. Set in New York, Downsiders is the story of a secret society that lives beneath the city. I am fascinated by the idea that, in a city as strange and old as New York that there might be subterranean spaces and people who inhabit them. I am thoroughly interested in the way New York h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48790764">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[yay!!! neal shusterman has done it again! he is starting to become one of my favorite authors at this point! :) he definitely has a talent for creating believable worlds, interesting characters, realistic dialogue, and a truly original plot. i would probably give downsiders five stars if i hadn't re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26736015">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a while since i read this, so I don't really remember too much. I know it's interesting and different, which is basically like everything Neal Shusterman writes. ]]></body>
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