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    <body><![CDATA[Sisters Etta, Cora, and Myrtle are getting older and they know that they're going to need some help taking care of the creatures that reside on their island. What they need are a couple of strong, open-minded children. Children nobody seems to want. Children who will grow up on the island and learn ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1316133">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am wavering between 3 and 4 stars.  I really like Eva Ibbotson's writing, so I would like to give it 4 stars.  But I just wasn't that excited about the book.  I think the thing that bothered me most was that the aunts kidnapped children.  Sure, I know why they did it.  But I still didn't like it. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67491182">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very different and imaginative book.  I must say I enjoyed the writer's style.  She incorporated quite a bit of humor into the story, and I was surprised how funny some situations turned out to be.  The only part I didn't care for was that a ship captain in search of his kidnapped son com...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77071472">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[	Aunt Etta, Aunt Coral and Aunt Myrtle are getting old and can no longer keep up with all of the creatures of they're island like they used to - after all, mermaids, selkies, and boobries take a lot of work. However, they know that they cannot trust other adults to take care of the island the way th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72170512">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Island Of The Aunts is Eva Ibbotson's magical, sea-side fantasy with an environmental message. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Three oddball aunts; Etta, Coral and Myrtle live on a secret island.....caring for a wide variety of animals ranging fom ordinary chickens to mystical creatures like selkies, boobri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28036959">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Children's lit, but total delight to read. Very well written, detail exquisite--never gets &quot;purple&quot; but paints a clear picture of a fabled island. I still have a little problem with the &quot;kidnapping&quot; part, even though for a good cause and bettered the children's lives when they we...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44885930">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this on vacation after Taylor had finished it and I really enjoyed it. A fun novel of an island of spinster aunts that take care of some fantastic creatures and are desperate to find someone to continue their legacy. I loved the way the author wrote the book, with unexpected things happening ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70478839">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The ideas given in this book will always make me smile. When 3 aunts set out to find rightful heirs to take care of their island after they're gone. They kidnap 2 orphined children, and then must teach them how to take care of their secret island and the animals that come their for refuge, including...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66474140">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i absolutely adore this book. it makes me want to go live out on the sea. i wish some batty old women would kidnap me to take care of animals! the idea of the kraken makes me really happy. i like to think that there's some large benevolent sea monster out there who has everything taken care of.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Delightful children's story that includes some deep themes about the natural world and parenting. Very funny at times. Exciting at times, too. <br/><br/>Who can resist a book that opens:<br/><br/>&quot;Kidnapping children is not a good idea. All the same, sometimes it has to be done&quot;?<br/>...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book was really good!!!! I thought it was nice,exciting,and fascinating!!!!!!!!<br/>I learned in this book that everyone needs to have fun sometimes and loosen up. This book might be fantasy but this is a wonderful book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Laurie turned me on to this book, and I enjoyed it very, very much.<br/><br/>I can relate to the good aunts who live on the island and help the sea creatures. They are no-nonsense and not so interested in how they look. They are substance over style and want to do the right thing.<br/><br/>The m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71303012">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[REALLY good too, i just think Eva Ibbotson is a fabulous children's writer. Like most of her books, this book also has some magical characters, and i remember really, really liking this book too.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Plot doesn't move at a consistent pace as it does in other Ibbotson books.  And it gets a little preachy about the environment.  But there is morecharacter development than in other Ibbotson books.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[News flash: Three Brittish children have been kidnapped!!! But the &quot;aunts&quot; meant well, they just needed someone to help them look after the mermaids.... A very fun, light read.<br/><br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has my FAVORITE first line! Go read it and see if it doesn't make you smile.<br/><br/>An all time favorite book that I could read over and again. Enjoy!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely strange but captivating book!<br/>I recall the eleven year old version of myself reading it through the night and enjoying it immensely. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eva Ibbotson writes wonderful fantasy, a nice introduction into the genre (past the world of Harry Potter, I mean).]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a really good book... I read it a while ago, so I don't remember it fully, but I do remember liking it a lot.]]></body>
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