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    <body><![CDATA[I wish Matlin would write more children's books with deaf characters.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It wasn't that bad, but I felt like there was a little too much &quot;I'm ten-years-old and that's going to completely derail everything I try to do!!!!1!&quot; I ended up wanting to smack both main characters. And then everything is resolved by a hair-pulling fight in the last five pages? What?]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Oscar-winning actor and producer Marlee Matlin makes her writing debut  about a topic she knows very well--the difficulties of growing up deaf.  Nine-year-old Megan is thrilled when Cindy moves in down the street, even though  the two couldn't be more different. Megan is boisterous; Cindy is shy. Megan  loves everything with a passion, especially the color purple; Cindy shrinks from  attention. Megan is deaf; Cindy can hear. Together, they forge an unlikely  friendship that is tested when the two decide to attend summer camp together.  There is another deaf child in their bunk, and suddenly Megan seems to forget  the promise she made to Cindy to be &quot;BFF,&quot; Best Friends Forever. Cindy struggles  with this rejection, even as it forces her to step out from behind Megan's  shadow and learn to speak up for herself. Once they are home again, the two  reconcile when a hair-pulling argument dissolves into laughter. <p>  The preeminent author of fiction about children with disabilities has always  been the beloved Jean Little (<em>Little by Little</em>, <em>Mine for Keeps</em>, etc.). Having  said that, Matlin is no Little, but her writing style is competent and clearly  describes the realities of Megan's world. And even though Matlin's gently told  story doesn't rise much above the &quot;message&quot; of Megan's disability, it's still a  message that youngsters need to hear. (Ages 8 to 10) <em>--Jennifer Hubert</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A student suggested this to me, and it was okay. Cute. But I think I was expecting something more from it, since the author herself is deaf. I didn't hate it, but it's not going to make it onto my &quot;will-read-once-per-year&quot; shelf.<br/><br/>3/5 on here, 7/10 for myself]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am a huge Marlee Matlin fan so when this book came into my hands I had to read it! Very well written examines the mind of a deaf young girl and what challenges she has to overcome to fit into Normal society... Must read!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Oscar-winning actor and producer Marlee Matlin makes her writing debut  about a topic she knows very well--the difficulties of growing up deaf.  Nine-year-old Megan is thrilled when Cindy moves in down the street, even though  the two couldn't be more different. Megan is boisterous; Cindy is shy. Megan  loves everything with a passion, especially the color purple; Cindy shrinks from  attention. Megan is deaf; Cindy can hear. Together, they forge an unlikely  friendship that is tested when the two decide to attend summer camp together.  There is another deaf child in their bunk, and suddenly Megan seems to forget  the promise she made to Cindy to be &quot;BFF,&quot; Best Friends Forever. Cindy struggles  with this rejection, even as it forces her to step out from behind Megan's  shadow and learn to speak up for herself. Once they are home again, the two  reconcile when a hair-pulling argument dissolves into laughter. <p>  The preeminent author of fiction about children with disabilities has always  been the beloved Jean Little (<em>Little by Little</em>, <em>Mine for Keeps</em>, etc.). Having  said that, Matlin is no Little, but her writing style is competent and clearly  describes the realities of Megan's world. And even though Matlin's gently told  story doesn't rise much above the &quot;message&quot; of Megan's disability, it's still a  message that youngsters need to hear. (Ages 8 to 10) <em>--Jennifer Hubert</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this as part of my Children With Disabilities in the Libary class. Fair; not written very well, extremely predictable, but makes some important points about tolerance.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Oscar-winning actor and producer Marlee Matlin makes her writing debut  about a topic she knows very well--the difficulties of growing up deaf.  Nine-year-old Megan is thrilled when Cindy moves in down the street, even though  the two couldn't be more different. Megan is boisterous; Cindy is shy. Megan  loves everything with a passion, especially the color purple; Cindy shrinks from  attention. Megan is deaf; Cindy can hear. Together, they forge an unlikely  friendship that is tested when the two decide to attend summer camp together.  There is another deaf child in their bunk, and suddenly Megan seems to forget  the promise she made to Cindy to be &quot;BFF,&quot; Best Friends Forever. Cindy struggles  with this rejection, even as it forces her to step out from behind Megan's  shadow and learn to speak up for herself. Once they are home again, the two  reconcile when a hair-pulling argument dissolves into laughter. <p>  The preeminent author of fiction about children with disabilities has always  been the beloved Jean Little (<em>Little by Little</em>, <em>Mine for Keeps</em>, etc.). Having  said that, Matlin is no Little, but her writing style is competent and clearly  describes the realities of Megan's world. And even though Matlin's gently told  story doesn't rise much above the &quot;message&quot; of Megan's disability, it's still a  message that youngsters need to hear. (Ages 8 to 10) <em>--Jennifer Hubert</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good story for young readers, but I can't help but feel that other kids may be offended by Megan's attitude.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i love this book it tells you how a deaf child feel inside but actully the things they can still accomplish in life]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[GREEEEEAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTT BOOK!!!!!!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow, an o.k. start on a great series.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Oscar-winning actor and producer Marlee Matlin makes her writing debut  about a topic she knows very well--the difficulties of growing up deaf.  Nine-year-old Megan is thrilled when Cindy moves in down the street, even though  the two couldn't be more different. Megan is boisterous; Cindy is shy. Megan  loves everything with a passion, especially the color purple; Cindy shrinks from  attention. Megan is deaf; Cindy can hear. Together, they forge an unlikely  friendship that is tested when the two decide to attend summer camp together.  There is another deaf child in their bunk, and suddenly Megan seems to forget  the promise she made to Cindy to be &quot;BFF,&quot; Best Friends Forever. Cindy struggles  with this rejection, even as it forces her to step out from behind Megan's  shadow and learn to speak up for herself. Once they are home again, the two  reconcile when a hair-pulling argument dissolves into laughter. <p>  The preeminent author of fiction about children with disabilities has always  been the beloved Jean Little (<em>Little by Little</em>, <em>Mine for Keeps</em>, etc.). Having  said that, Matlin is no Little, but her writing style is competent and clearly  describes the realities of Megan's world. And even though Matlin's gently told  story doesn't rise much above the &quot;message&quot; of Megan's disability, it's still a  message that youngsters need to hear. (Ages 8 to 10) <em>--Jennifer Hubert</em></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book reminded me so much of my relationship with my childhood best friend Caryn. The things we did and our upbringing was so similiar. :) ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cute story by a woman who writes what she knows. :) ]]></body>
    
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