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  <title><![CDATA[The Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, # 4)]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0553381652]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780553381658]]></isbn13>
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  <default_description>Jean M. Auel&amp;#8217;s enthralling &lt;i&gt;Earth&amp;#8217;s Children&lt;/i&gt; series has become a literary phenomenon, beloved by readers around the world.  In a brilliant novel as vividly authentic and entertaining as those that came before, Jean M. Auel returns us to the earliest days of humankind and to the captivating adventures of the courageous woman called Ayla.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With her companion, Jondalar, Ayla sets out on her most dangerous and daring journey--away from the welcoming hearths of the Mammoth Hunters and into the unknown. Their odyssey spans a beautiful but sparsely populated and treacherous continent, the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe, casting the pair among strangers.  Some will be intrigued by Ayla and Jondalar, with their many innovative skills, including the taming of wild horses and a wolf; others will avoid them, threatened by what they cannot understand; and some will threaten them. But Ayla, with no memory of her own people, and Jondalar, with a hunger to return to his, are impelled by their own deep drives to continue their trek across the spectacular heart of an unmapped world to find that place they can both call home.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1990</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Plains of Passage (Earth's Children, # 4)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Jean M. Auel]]></name>
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    <review id="4901210">
    <user id="298557">
    <name><![CDATA[Renee]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Botanists &amp; Anthropologists]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 21 17:01:23 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 21 17:08:02 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I get it. The struggle of the longest journey. The challenge came once I read it for the 3rd time... yes I love the series that much....then I realized I had to skip over 10 chapters, #13 - #23 as I flipped and scanned it was all a tedious and meticulous description of the landscape. The same animal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4901210">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="8931202">
    <user id="126771">
    <name><![CDATA[Stef]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Columbus, OH]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/126771-stef]]></url>
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>5</votes>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 10 12:27:35 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 10 12:36:21 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Okay, good.  I liked this one slightly better than the last one.  Ayla and Jondalar have kissed and made up and are on their way back to his home in Zelandonii.  They meet some people, have some laughs, do it in the bushes, and show everyone they meet how awesome they are.  <br/><br/>Also Ayla's s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8931202">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8931202]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="11161635">
    <user id="708089">
    <name><![CDATA[Christen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Midvale, UT]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/708089-christen]]></url>
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 28 11:19:34 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 07 15:45:59 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I'm about 1/3 of the way through this book, but I will be setting it down for awhile.  First off, it's not as good as the other 3.  I have been able to skip pages and pages of material.  She covers so much stuff and gives the background story to everything that happened in the last 3 books.  I'm sor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11161635">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1374798">
    <user id="81633">
    <name><![CDATA[mrs. fig]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mountain View, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue May 22 17:56:23 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 22 18:02:22 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my God . . .  the most boring book I've ever read! and i must give credit to jean auel because i read about how much work and research and time she puts into these novels and i know how accurate her descriptions are of everything . . . but she easily devotes 4 pages (atleast) to  describing the t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1374798">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1374798]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="12658213">
    <user id="790505">
    <name><![CDATA[Keely]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Canada]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/790505-keely]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 16 07:46:44 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 16 08:40:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[i love how the main character is so sure of herself, and what she wants in life... but the repetition of what she learned in the books that came before this get a little annoying, but it doesnt happen that often in this book, so i skipped a few paragraphs.<br/><br/>over all, in this book, the auth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12658213">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="29366363">
    <user id="1399973">
    <name><![CDATA[Truc]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
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  <date_added>Tue Aug 05 18:45:55 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 05 18:45:55 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is worth reading if you've read all the previous books in this series. Unfortunately it doesn't deliver as the other books have but it's a nice continuation of Ayla's journey and begins some closure to her story. I am not as excited about this book as I am about Auel's previous novels. I haven'...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29366363">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29366363]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="55853733">
    <user id="2311142">
    <name><![CDATA[Linda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Frisco, TX]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2311142-linda]]></url>
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      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Almost Anyone]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 12 16:15:38 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 13 11:23:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>3</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Once again, a very long wait was met with mediocre results the first time I read this book. After a second reading though, I got back in the groove with Ayla and Jondalar. Some of the new peoples they meet on their way to Jondalar's home are very interesting and I enjoyed the deepening of their rela...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55853733">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55853733]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="59821123">
    <user id="1008235">
    <name><![CDATA[Frank]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hurricane, UT]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 15 19:02:55 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 16 10:43:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story is basically about a couple traveling from one group of prehistoric people to another. The trip to take a year. The author goes into a lot of detail into the prehistoric animals and plants. The story is good interesting to read. The main fault if she was trying to be realistic is that she ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59821123">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59821123]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2223297">
    <user id="12586">
    <name><![CDATA[Kerry]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 21 14:17:28 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 18 22:34:42 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm still at the very, very beginning of the book, but see that one little star?  That's because the book essentially opens with an extremely graphic mammoth sex scene.<br/><br/>Oh, Jean...what am I going to do with you?]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2223297]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="60921061">
    <user id="2453543">
    <name><![CDATA[Ronda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kingston, OK]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2453543-ronda]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everyone]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1990</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 24 08:50:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 24 08:54:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book in the series alot. <br/><br/>We got to keep up with the saga of Ayla and Jondular and thier &quot;pets&quot;. The writing kept me interested in seeing what they'd find next.<br/><br/>I enjoyed learning about many different things regarding herbs and thier uses. <br/><br/>J...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60921061">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60921061]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="38675059">
    <user id="1751969">
    <name><![CDATA[Heather]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1751969-heather]]></url>
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 25 21:59:49 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 25 21:59:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This novel, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/861.Jean_M_Auel" title="Jean M. Auel">Jean M Auel</a>'s fourth in the Earth's Children series, is my least favorite of the five she currently has published.  I've read this book fewer times than its three successors, due mainly because the level of details regarding the landscape dominates the storyline; we see far less of the c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38675059">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38675059]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="21798583">
    <user id="1145443">
    <name><![CDATA[Boekenwurm]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed May 07 13:09:21 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri May 22 11:11:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>several</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The more books are published in this series, the less magical the life of Ayla and Jondalar becomes to me. <br/>First of all I have the feeling that whole text passages are just 'copy-pasted' from (a) previous book(s) into this one, because in my opinion there is a lot of repetition. These books ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21798583">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21798583]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="18220595">
    <user id="906283">
    <name><![CDATA[Red]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kansas City, MO]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/906283-red]]></url>
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      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 20 15:24:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 20 15:24:32 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I'd forgotten how boring this book was.  Auel continually repeats herself about the landscapes, the animals, the river, and the plants.  I'm to the point where I understand there is some major biodiversity, and I understand the riverscape changes, but she goes into detail about them to the point tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18220595">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="76721781">
    <user id="2872189">
    <name><![CDATA[Deb]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bronxville, NY]]></location>        
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      <rating>0</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 04 13:05:22 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 04 13:05:22 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[&quot;While I did enjoy this book as a continuation of the series, and for the information about medicinal plants and survival techniques, it definitely was too heavy on description and too light on plot. I found myself skimming pages at a time, looking for the action to start up again after a much-...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76721781">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="46500519">
    <user id="1615965">
    <name><![CDATA[Floraandmerriwether]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mount Airy, MD]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Feb 16 05:59:07 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 16 13:12:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the first part of this series, but by the time you get to this book it gets rather boring.  Ms. Auel tends to explain the same things over and over again.  Stuff that happened in the 1st book, she's repeating as explanation in all the other books, over and over and over. So, it's like your re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46500519">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="63624833">
    <user id="2299496">
    <name><![CDATA[Theresa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Maumee, OH]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2299496-theresa]]></url>
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
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  <read_at>Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 15 13:42:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 15 14:05:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The long awaited fourth book in the series. This book was more detailed in the land and animals. Ayla and Jondular are traveling to reach his home. This was a a fight for their survival, danger was all around. From hostile strangers to wild beasts. I was a litle disappointed in this book only becaus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63624833">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63624833]]></url>
</review>
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    <body><![CDATA[I first marked this with three stars (&quot;liked it&quot;) but, upon reflecting a bit, have opted to take it down to &quot;it's OK&quot;.  I like Ayla and I like Jondalar, but the endless descriptions of their Pleasures (yes, that's a capital 'P') became a little tiresome.  And so did all the repet...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58972920">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If all the repetitions and tellings of what happened in previous books (same information told and retold several times) were cut out and the scientific explanatins of the flora, fauna, clima and culture of the Ice Age were compressed and the geografic descriptions of areas for ever changed and never...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68801695">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been reading the Earth's Children series for a while now and I do have to say this is my least favourite of what I've read so far.  Way too much description, I would scan pages upon pages of landscape description until I came upon dialogue.  I will, however, read the next book, Shelters of Ston...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61050495">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started reading this book my senior year in high school... I think I finished it after college.  After thoroughly enjoying the first three novels, drinking them in as though I had been lost in the desert, this novel just seemed to linger.  I often found myself putting down the book hoping that the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50081198">more...</a>]]></body>
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