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    <name><![CDATA[Rory]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 04 13:45:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 08 16:56:33 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to review early elementary chapter books because...well, even if they're great for that age and for what they are, they struggle to compare with a perfectly crafted, more complicated, &quot;everyone should read this&quot; book for slightly older kids OR with a gorgeous, distinct, kick-ass picture book. I dunno...this age NEEDS excellent transition books and I'd even like to write one one day, but they're just hard to really savor. This one was very well done, skips along merrily, had just the right number of perfectly sketched characters, was definitely a classic &quot;school story&quot; that addressed one boy's desire for less helicopterly parents...and it had that dash of Cleary savvy. But I can't imagine a book like this ever winning the Newbery because it can't move an adult judge like others can.]]></body>
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