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    <body><![CDATA[The Boy Who Lost His Face  by Louis Sachar<br/>This is one of those books I am just surprised to come across on a challenged list. Not that I can't find something in it worth challenging, I suppose that I could (and in a minute, I will). But it's just such an *unimportant* book compared to the books...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43185484">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[David helps some boys from his school steeal a cane from Mrs. Bayfield, and old woman who the boys say is a witch. David doesn't feel comfortable stealing from an old woman, he just wants to be &quot;cool&quot;. David has always been teased and he never stands up for himself. The boys steal the cane...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48773303">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book! I wasn't expecting it to be nearly as engaging as it was. It's the ideal book for middle school boys and girls but especially those hard-to-reach boys. I loved that the book touched on so many issues that we don't normally talk about but should (ex: swearing, the middle finger, th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67558638">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is excellent.  David is insecure, but I think he will start to become confident once he understands that the only person who needs to think and believe he is confident, smart, and handsome is himself.  <br/><br/>But then again that is easier said than done when you are in middle school, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53857157">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[To begin with, this is my first book by Louis Sachar but I am happy to say it won't be the last. Although this book does include some minor cussing, in relation to the subject, it wouldn't be realistic if it didn't. I remember Middle School and there was lots of interesting language being used by ki...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35082329">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book very much. It is very simple and plain yet each word has a certain effect on you. The great twist at the end was really unexpected. It was very realistic and can be enjoyed in two levels. You can read it as a children's book and make the inner-child inside you feel entertained. B...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28757254">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ If  you do something  bad  you get punish.  <br/>So read this book to find what happen if steal  from a witch.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One day, David Ballinger follows the cool kids from school to steal an old &quot;witch&quot;'s cane and succeeds but returns home with a &quot;curse&quot;. As the days went by, David begins to see that the &quot;curse&quot; is taking action and everything that happened to the &quot;witch&quot; while...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8497150">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very interesting and funny book. A typical group of kids terrorize an old widow. They pour lemonade over her, push her on the floor, and steal her snake engraved cane and flip her off. In return, the old widow curses only Ballinger, who is the main character because he was the one that fli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37079201">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A brilliant book. i didn't want to put it down even for e second!!!! It was very well written and uses humour to emphasize the effect of the so called 'curse' in the end it all turns out to be David who is embarrasing himself which after being made to believe he is cursed is really rather funny. I v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29760226">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If I had read this as a child, the swearing would've made me feel squirmy.  Nonetheless, I was in David's predicament when I was in junior high.  No, I wasn't under a witch's curse, but I was picked on very publicly, and I had no idea how to fight back.  Having a book like this would have been galva...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16183270">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a very stressful story till halfway.<br/>David, the leading character, was picked on, nevertheless his reaction was too calm.<br/>But he was angered by knowing his brother's suffering, the story was rapidly progressing.<br/>The last chapter has self-similiar surely like Sachar's work. I li...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't recommend this book at all.  I couldn't even finish it.  The kids are terrible to each other, and the language they use is even worse.  While not too many books can measure up to Holes, this one isn't even in the same ballpark.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was really good . . . I love the ending. Especially the way Louis Sachar makes things sound scary, when they really end up good in the end. You'll have to read the book . . . and find out where his face ended up.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the boy who lost his face  is spooky. i like this book.louis sachar is a good writer.this book is one of my favorits.louis sachar is a good writer.i love all her books.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[David receives a curse from an elderly woman he has helped his schoolmates attack, and he learns to regret his weakness in pandering to others for the sake of popularity before new friends.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sachar is usually better than this, There was quite a bit more swearing than I want in a kids book (and I almost always complain that there is not enough).]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In the book The Boy Who Lost His Face by: Louis Sachar, a boy named David tries to get in the cool group by helping his friends Scott, Randy, and Roger carry out a prank. Their target was an elderly woman who was called a witch by all the kids in the neighborhood. When they attacked her and stole her cane David flicks her off to try to impress Randy. But when they leave the old lady cried out to David &quot;Your Doppelgänger will regurgitate on your soul!&quot; The following days David finds himself experiencing strange happenings that lead him to believe that he is cursed. After being rejected by Randy and his gang David finds himself unable to do anything right. He breaks his parent's window, his little brother hates him, his zipper is unzipped, his pants fall down in front of the whole school, and he falls off his chair in every class. He also makes friends with the weird kids in the school, Larry and Maureen &quot;Mo&quot;. His actions make him seem like one of the three stooges.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first book in German! It's a hell of a book for the pre-teen crowd. Love, action, friendship, respect... this book has it all!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i enjoyed this book... i think i have read it before as i recognised parts of it.  very intersting storyline to it though.]]></body>
    
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