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  <title><![CDATA[The Sign of the Chrysanthemum (Harper Trophy Book)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;P&gt;Muna has never known his father -- a &lt;i&gt;samurai&lt;/i&gt;, a noble warrior. But Muna's mother has told Muna how he will know him one day: &lt;i&gt;by the sign of the chrysanthemum.&lt;/i&gt; When his mother dies, Muna travels to the capital of twelfth-century Japan, a bewildering city on the verge of revolution. He finds a haven there, as servant to the great swordsmith, Fukuji. But Muna cannot forget his dream: He must find his father. Only then will he have power and a name to be reckoned with. Only then will he become a man.&lt;/P&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">6</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1988</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another homeless apprentice learns responsibility, as he works with a master craftsman in Japan during the time of the samurais.(Do I sense a pattern in the books I've been reading lately?) Unfortunately for young Muna (which means No Name), his allegiance is divided between the kind swordsmith and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42461489">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Jul 06 11:25:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[As usual, Katherine Paterson has written a story that speaks truly about the human heart.  In her story about a bastard boy looking for his samurai father in feudal Japan, she shows that no matter the time, culture, or country, humans long for the same things -- identity, family, and honor.  At the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26442814">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Dec 11 14:33:29 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 11 14:34:16 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book was ok it wasnt that great and it was born.]]></body>
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    <review id="71117526">
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 13 18:36:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[didnt clearly understand the ending<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="16649798">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 28 17:53:04 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[The thirteen-year-old hero of this story, Mura, seeks to remove the stigma of his birth and his name.  Mura means “No Name” and was given to Mura because his father deserted his unmarried mother before Mura was born.  <br/><br/>After Mura’s mother dies Mura travels to the capital of Japan to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16649798">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13837489">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good and very interesting to get a look at Japanese culture from the perspective of a young boy with no name or family who is coming of age in a time when your name and family meant everything.<br/><br/>Not as good as her others but entertaining. I might rather watch a movie of it than read it aga...]]></body>
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    <review id="15329235">
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  <date_added>Wed Feb 13 09:25:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite children's book.  I read this so many times in the libraries growing up that I just about wore out the pages!  Ms. Paterson brings Asian culture to life in this book.]]></body>
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</review>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[i liked this book, though i still wonder what would have happened if muna had found his father...]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 25 17:17:49 -0800 2009</read_at>
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