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277
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avg rating 3.92
num ratings 23,672
date pub Sep 09, 2005
date pub edition May 15, 2007
Gale's rating my rating review This is a fascinating book that begins where most books end: a dog mourns for his dead mistress, refusing to leave her bedroom. The family mourns the...more
This is a fascinating book that begins where most books end: a dog mourns for his dead mistress, refusing to leave her bedroom. The family mourns the loss of their 14-year-old daughter. Then, it gets interesting: the dead girl awakes to find herself on a ship full of dead souls, traveling to an island. It's not sci-fi, it's not religion; it is somewhat hard to put into a pigeonhole -- and isn't that always a good thing? Zevin manages to incorporate at least 5 different religions' concepts of the afterlife into this novel. I found it very comforting to read, and it underlined my lifelong positive knowledge that there IS another plane of existence for all God's creatures, animal and human alike. After the first chapter, the book is in first person, with dialogue that is often funny, often sweetly sad. In a way, it is a coming-of-age novel, as the young heroine confronts issues with her parents and brother, meets her grandmother for the first time, and learns about aging backwards. (less)
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cover title author isbn 0374422087
isbn13 9780374422080
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num pages
150
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avg rating 3.69
num ratings 4,461
date pub Apr 04, 2001
date pub edition Sep 08, 2004
Gale's rating my rating review Don't skip this book because it is written in the voice of an 11-year-old. This books is narrated by Primrose Squarp, who goes to live in a small fish...more
Don't skip this book because it is written in the voice of an 11-year-old. This books is narrated by Primrose Squarp, who goes to live in a small fishing village on the seacoast with a quirky and miserly relative after her parents were lost at sea. Every chapter ends in some sort of recipe, which is skillfully woven into the story. Owing much to Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte (two of my particularly favorite authors, so it is no wonder that I love her work), Polly Horvath is a masterful storyteller who creates worlds inhabited by characters so full of life that when I am reading, I cannot wait to have the precious moments to sit back down again and get back into that wonderful world. My two favorites are this one and My One Hundred Adventures; both take place in coastal villages. It is no surprise that Horvath has won nearly every children's book award there is; regardless of the age of her heroines -- who are always brave, independent, extremely intelligent young girls who live more or less on their own -- these are books for all ages. I think if you pick one of these up, you, like me, will not be able to put it down. Five stars! (less)
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cover title author isbn 0140283331
isbn13 9780140283334
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num pages
182
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avg rating 3.59
num ratings 908,765
date pub 1954
date pub edition Oct 01, 1999
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cover title author isbn 038549081X
isbn13 9780385490818
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num pages
311
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avg rating 3.97
num ratings 250,966
date pub 1985
date pub edition Mar 16, 1998
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isbn13 9780142437247
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num pages
625
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avg rating 3.36
num ratings 257,938
date pub 1851
date pub edition Dec 31, 2002
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isbn13 9781884365300
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num pages
335
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avg rating 3.66
num ratings 54,881
date pub 1906
date pub edition Apr 01, 2003
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isbn13 9781558743663
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num pages
184
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avg rating 4.02
num ratings 155,293
date pub Jan 01, 1992
date pub edition Sep 01, 1995
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isbn13 9780345527714
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num pages
305
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avg rating 3.83
num ratings 29,464
date pub Jan 01, 2011
date pub edition Nov 22, 2011
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isbn13 9780142437209
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num pages
507
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avg rating 4.06
num ratings 647,868
date pub 1847
date pub edition Feb 04, 2003
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isbn13 9781420925531
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num pages
108
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avg rating 4.10
num ratings 67,584
date pub 1887
date pub edition Jan 01, 2005
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cover title author isbn 0394758285
isbn13 9780394758282
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num pages
231
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avg rating 4.07
num ratings 38,683
date pub 1939
date pub edition Jul 12, 1988
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isbn13 9780451524935
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num pages
328
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avg rating 4.06
num ratings 909,145
date pub Jan 1949
date pub edition Jul 1950
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cover title author isbn 0099910101
isbn13 9780099910107
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num pages
293
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avg rating 3.73
num ratings 101,935
date pub 1929
date pub edition 2004
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isbn13 9781590302255
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num pages
170
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avg rating 3.90
num ratings 68,691
date pub -400
date pub edition Jan 11, 2005
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isbn13 9780553328257
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1,796
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avg rating 4.48
num ratings 58,447
date pub 1915
date pub edition Oct 01, 1986
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isbn13 9780312965785
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num pages
437
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avg rating 4.26
num ratings 46,765
date pub Jan 01, 1972
date pub edition Apr 15, 1998
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isbn13 9781892295491
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num pages
200
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avg rating 3.36
num ratings 142,875
date pub 1899
date pub edition Oct 01, 2003
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isbn13 9780553296983
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283
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avg rating 4.04
num ratings 903,770
date pub Jan 01, 1947
date pub edition Jun 01, 1993
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isbn13 9780743273565
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num pages
180
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avg rating 3.79
num ratings 1,156,893
date pub 1925
date pub edition Sep 30, 2004
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isbn13 9780141439600
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num pages
544
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avg rating 3.71
num ratings 402,877
date pub 1854
date pub edition May 27, 2003
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isbn13 9780446359405
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460
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avg rating 3.95
num ratings 38,804
date pub 1973
date pub edition May 25, 1989
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isbn13 9780374528379
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num pages
796
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avg rating 4.26
num ratings 78,413
date pub 1878
date pub edition Jun 14, 2002
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isbn13 9780439023481
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374
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avg rating 4.44
num ratings 1,581,347
date pub Sep 14, 2008
date pub edition Sep 14, 2008
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isbn13 9780142437179
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368
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avg rating 3.77
num ratings 699,768
date pub 1884
date pub edition Dec 31, 2002
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isbn13 9780751529814
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191
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avg rating 3.95
num ratings 261,769
date pub 1997
date pub edition 2000
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isbn13 9780582416390
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num pages
85
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avg rating 4.23
num ratings 20,834
date pub 1891
date pub edition Feb 16, 2000
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isbn13 9780141301068
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num pages
240
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avg rating 4.22
num ratings 195,555
date pub 1988
date pub edition Jun 01, 1998
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isbn13 9780394758275
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292
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avg rating 4.16
num ratings 11,327
date pub 1940
date pub edition Jul 12, 1988
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isbn13 9780646418438
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294
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avg rating 3.94
num ratings 50,561
date pub 1920
date pub edition Oct 24, 2002
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isbn13 9780451527745
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num pages
239
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avg rating 4.04
num ratings 194,940
date pub 1865
date pub edition Dec 01, 2000
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