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    <![CDATA[The Postcard]]>
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    <![CDATA[<em>She died today.</em> One phone call changes Jason's summer vacation-and life!-forever.<br/><br/><br/>When Jason's grandmother dies, he's sent down to her home in Florida to help his father clean out her things. At first he gripes about spending his summer miles away from his best friend, doing chores, and sweating in the Florida heat, but he soon discovers a mystery surrounding his grandmother's murky past.<br/><br/><br/>An old, yellowed postcard...a creepy phone call with a raspy voice at the other end asking, &quot;So how smart are you?&quot;...an entourage of freakish funeral goers....a bizarre magazine story.  All contain clues that will send him on a thrilling journey to uncover family secrets.<br/><br/><br/>Award-winning author Tony Abbott weaves an intriguing and entertaining mystery of adventure, friendship and family.<br/>]]>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This novel had a slow start.  It didn’t pull me in until the story’s scaffolding (the discovery of the short story, and subsequent events) got underway.  I had some trouble distinguishing characters until the very end, and it felt a bit weird the way <em>Figgs and Phantoms</em> is a bit weird.  Still, an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59189966">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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