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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/254856.The_Beat_Goes_On">The Beat Goes On (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/148923.Adele_Minchin">Adele Minchin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:06:06 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2476766.Dancing_in_the_Dust_A_novel">Dancing in the Dust: A novel (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1100488.Kagiso_Lesego_Molope">Kagiso Lesego Molope</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:50:34 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Apartheid is ancient history as far as modern South African teens are concerned, but this apartheid era story has much to say about family relationships and finding the courage to act on behalf of what is right.  I wish the ending had done more to capitalize on those themes that would make the book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81472368">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6854887-live-free-journey">Live Free Journey : Small Group Study (A Live Free Resource)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/905273.Jan_Kern">Jan Kern</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:56:43 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Kern has put together an effective resource for those working with modern teens in all their messy struggles.  She uses stories from the Live Free books (Scars that Wound; Scars that Heal, Seduced by Sex; Saved by Love, and Eyes Online; Eyes on Life) supplemented by sound bites in the sidebars from ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75478018">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3044086.No_Tigers_in_Africa">No Tigers in Africa (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/270907.Norman_Silver">Norman Silver</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:54:08 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Lots of cultural detail about his South African up-bringing as he rethinks his racial views and guilt, but there is more monologue than scene as is often a problem with first person novels.  This is a first novel with room to grow.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1007345.Rain_Is_Not_My_Indian_Name">Rain Is Not My Indian Name (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/202438.Cynthia_Leitich_Smith">Cynthia Leitich Smith</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:48:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/242040.Doctor_De_Soto_Goes_to_Africa">Doctor De Soto Goes to Africa (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26874.William_Steig">William Steig</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:37:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Dumb story that does nothing to dispel stereotypes of Africa.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6971948-crocodile-burning">Crocodile Burning (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17119.Michael_Williams">Michael Williams</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:40:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Not badly written, but it seems to be struggling for something to say as it points out evil in New York as well as Soweto.  Given the publication date, I suspect the book was half written when Mandela was released and the author had to change the ending.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6971876-reaching-beyond-barriers-a-legacy-of-hope">Reaching Beyond Barriers; a Legacy of Hope (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3114291.Flora_Rittenhouse">Flora Rittenhouse</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:32:52 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Rittenhouse does an excellent job of telling stories that make the people and events surrounding the Christian radio ministry of SIM and TWR in West Africa come alive.  What happened in Liberia and Benin demonstrates the way Africans and expatriates are working together to meet the unique challenges...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74302000">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/441086.Beyond_the_Mango_Tree">Beyond the Mango Tree (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/248253.Amy_Bronwen_Zemser">Amy Bronwen Zemser</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70148771</link>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:11:09 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Excellent writing, but too poetic and introspective for most children. The family situation is bizarre. This first novel is told in first person, present tense.]]></body>
        
    
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