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    <body><![CDATA[When I first began reading this book over break I thought it was extremely boring. All it talked about was a girl, who had a very stict father and aunt, who never let her do anything she wanted. The book was also kind of confusing becuase it had flashbacks that happened randomly. I had to read a cou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44332217">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A Company of Swans, by Eva Ibbotson, is a great book for people who like romance. The plot is kind of complex, but you have to keep reading it in order to figure out the whole story. If you look really hard in the reading, there is a lot of hidden things in the text that will really help you underst...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39018416">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't quite know what to do with this little book. It's part believable YA historical novel, and part Harlequinesque romance. I am accustomed romantic historical fiction which reads like, well, historical romance novels. Evidently writers find that the whole mysterious, moody hero meets naive and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73436237">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A sweet love story, made unusual by the extensive ballet references and unusual setting -- from England to Brazil, before World War I.  Although some listings say it is a teen book, it really isn't.<br/><br/>Harriet was born into a stiffly academic home in England, a &quot;cold, dark house filled ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69638026">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I expected this to be pure fluff and silliness, but I was pleasantly surprised. Not to say that there isn't some fluff and silliness, but there's also some lovely writing and a rich setting to back it up. Whether she's describing the ballet or the Amazon, Ibbotson knows how to sprinkle her research ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72084516">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Have you ever read the perfect book at the perfect time?  This book was precisely that.  I needed something sweet, something enchanting, and something with a happily ever after.  And since I'd read <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/57462.Eva_Ibbotson" title="Eva Ibbotson">Eva Ibbotson</a>'s YA historical fiction before, I knew it would deliver.  But what I didn't know was how ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70793348">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[For nineteen-year-old Harriet Morton, life in 1912 Cambridge is  as dry and dull as a biscuit. Her stuffy father and her opressive  aunt Louisa allow her only one outlet: ballet. When a Russian  ballet master comes to class searching for dancers to fill the corps  of his ballet company before their South American tour, Harriet’s  world changes. Defying her father’s wishes and narrowly escaping  the clutches of the man who wishes to marry her, Harriet sneaks  off to join the ballet on their journey to the Amazon. There, in  the wild, lush jungle, they perform Swan Lake in grand opera  houses for the wealthy and culture-deprived rubber barons, and  Harriet meets Rom Verney, the handsome and mysterious British  exile who owns the most ornate opera house. Utterly enchanted  by both the exotic surroundings and by Rom’s affections, Harriet  is swept away by her new life, completely unaware that her father  and would-be finacé have begun to track her down. . . .]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great story about a young dancer growing up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1912. When the chance to tour the amazon is presented to her, she immediately says yes, her father however, says no. So, naturally, she runs away. She joins the touring company and immerses herself in the bloodsweat&amp;t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34052097">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[For nineteen-year-old Harriet Morton, life in 1912 Cambridge is  as dry and dull as a biscuit. Her stuffy father and her opressive  aunt Louisa allow her only one outlet: ballet. When a Russian  ballet master comes to class searching for dancers to fill the corps  of his ballet company before their South American tour, Harriet’s  world changes. Defying her father’s wishes and narrowly escaping  the clutches of the man who wishes to marry her, Harriet sneaks  off to join the ballet on their journey to the Amazon. There, in  the wild, lush jungle, they perform Swan Lake in grand opera  houses for the wealthy and culture-deprived rubber barons, and  Harriet meets Rom Verney, the handsome and mysterious British  exile who owns the most ornate opera house. Utterly enchanted  by both the exotic surroundings and by Rom’s affections, Harriet  is swept away by her new life, completely unaware that her father  and would-be finacé have begun to track her down. . . .]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another of my summer books whose review got eaten by the computer.  I absolutely adore Eva Ibbotson's fantasy books and I loved her book <em>Journey To The River Sea</em>&gt;.  Because of that, I began this book with high hopes.  Mighty disappointed.  Trite.  Silly.  Waste of time.  Eva needs to stic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24345004">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[For nineteen-year-old Harriet Morton, life in 1912 Cambridge is  as dry and dull as a biscuit. Her stuffy father and her opressive  aunt Louisa allow her only one outlet: ballet. When a Russian  ballet master comes to class searching for dancers to fill the corps  of his ballet company before their South American tour, Harriet’s  world changes. Defying her father’s wishes and narrowly escaping  the clutches of the man who wishes to marry her, Harriet sneaks  off to join the ballet on their journey to the Amazon. There, in  the wild, lush jungle, they perform Swan Lake in grand opera  houses for the wealthy and culture-deprived rubber barons, and  Harriet meets Rom Verney, the handsome and mysterious British  exile who owns the most ornate opera house. Utterly enchanted  by both the exotic surroundings and by Rom’s affections, Harriet  is swept away by her new life, completely unaware that her father  and would-be finacé have begun to track her down. . . .]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like this author's books for slightly younger readers so I was excited to read this young adult romance. It's about a ballerina who runs off and joins a tour to Brazil, and a man she meets there. It's an exciting and tender story with some very admirable characters and some very laughable o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53777123">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A sweeping story about a girl named Harriet who grows up in 1912 Cambridge, under the harsh rule of her strict and conservative father and aunt. When offered the opportunity to dance ballet with a Company that is going to perform overseas in the Amazon for the rich, Harriet sneaks off and finally fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58122706">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[really slow. i thought it was boring &amp; predictable.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Rated: pg-13<br/>So to those who would like to read this book, be warned: this book is very confusing and slow at first. it eventually gets better but don't give up on it a couple pages in!! anyway, this book is about harriet morton, her dad is a professor and she lives with him and her aunt louisa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75447713">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ehh...it was okay. As a former ballerina, I absolutely loved how ballet was incorporated into the story; it wasnt just used as a way to describe the characters, but it had its own place in the story. But past this general positive, my feelings about the book get a little more confused. This is the o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73577630">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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