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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/890.Of_Mice_and_Men">Of Mice and Men (Centennial Edition)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/585.John_Steinbeck">John Steinbeck</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:08:54 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Of Mice and Men was a great book. I would recommend this book to anyone that they should read this book. At first I didn't want to read this book because of the title and most of the rating on the books were okay. Of Mice and Men had lots of things that were originated by John Steinbeck. The fantasy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Of%20Mice%20and%20Men%20was%20a%20great%20book.%20I%20would%20recommend%20this%20book%20to%20anyone%20that%20they%20should%20read%20this%20book.%20At%20first%20I%20didn't%20want%20to%20read%20this%20book%20because%20of%20the%20title%20and%20most%20of%20the%20rating%20on%20the%20books%20were%20okay.%20Of%20Mice%20and%20Men%20had%20lots%20of%20things%20that%20were%20originated%20by%20John%20Steinbeck.%20The%20fantasy%20of%20having%20a%20big%20friendly%20giant%20man%20like%20Lennie.%20A%20big%20guy%20but%20he%20was%20as%20sweet%20as%20they%20come%20because%20he%20was%20mostly%20clueless%20of%20the%20things%20people%20said%20or%20did%20wrong%20to%20him.%20John%20Steinbeck's%20Of%20Mice%20and%20Men%20had%20a%20%20%20lot%20of%20great%20motifs%20in%20the%20book.%20Lennie%20kept%20getting%20into%20trouble%20and%20kept%20killing%20or%20harming%20everything%20and%20anyone%20that%20came%20into%20close%20contact%20with%20Lennie.%20The%20plot%20of%20the%20book%20Of%20Mice%20and%20Men%20was%20great.%20It%20showed%20how%20the%20American%20dream%20can%20be%20shattered%20in%20a%20matter%20of%20seconds.%20I%20loved%20this%20book%20Of%20Mice%20and%20Men.%20I%20the%20climax%20was%20at%20the%20end%20of%20the%20book%20because%20George%20had%20to%20get%20rid%20of%20this%20clueless%20monster.%20Wouldn't%20hurt%20a%20fly%20unless%20George%20told%20him%20too.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20big%20guy%20but%20sweet%20nature%20was%20originated%20by%20John%20Steinbeck.%20Harry%20Potter%20and%20order%20of%20the%20Phoenix%20has%20a%20giant%20that%20is%20related%20to%20Hagrid.%20The%20giant%20is%20very%20friendly%20unless%20Hagrid%20tells%20his%20giant%20brother%20to%20be%20mean%20to%20people%20and%20thats%20only%20when%20someone%20is%20a%20threat%20to%20Hagrid's%20brother.%20Lennie%20is%20the%20same%20way%20as%20Hagrid's%20giant%20brother.%20Lennie%20won't%20harm%20anyone%20unless%20George%20tells%20him%20and%20only%20if%20that%20person%20is%20a%20threat%20to%20them.%20The%20big%20friendly%20giant%20was%20another%20giant%20but%20seen%20as%20violent%20because%20he%20was%20big.%0D%0A%0D%0ALennie%20kept%20%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38473.Blues_for_Mister_Charlie_A_Play">Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10427.James_Baldwin">James Baldwin</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:16:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Malik Cooper<br/>English Period 3<br/>Banned Books Essay<br/><br/>Books that are banned from schools are books that are looked at by parents that complain about things that some of them have probably did. 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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38709.Holes">Holes (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6569.Louis_Sachar">Louis Sachar</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:08:18 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[ Summary- Holes was a book about a family that was cursed by a gypsy because of Stanley's great great great Pig stealing Grandpa. Stanley's dad is trying to make a formula that will get rid of the smell of very old worn out sneakers. 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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6310.Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory">Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4273.Roald_Dahl">Roald Dahl</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:24:31 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a very good book. I like the plot of the book because it taught the reader something. For everything thatis wrong there will be consequences. Another thing I liked about this book was they charaters. Each child in the book had their own problem including Willy W...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Charlie%20and%20the%20Chocolate%20Factory%20was%20a%20very%20good%20book.%20I%20like%20the%20plot%20of%20the%20book%20because%20it%20taught%20the%20reader%20something.%20For%20everything%20thatis%20wrong%20there%20will%20be%20consequences.%20Another%20thing%20I%20liked%20about%20this%20book%20was%20they%20charaters.%20Each%20child%20in%20the%20book%20had%20their%20own%20problem%20including%20Willy%20Wonka.%20The%20last%20element%20of%20this%20book%20was%20the%20Fantastical%20elements%20in%20the%20book.%20Willy%20Wonka's%20factory%20was%20amazing%20enough.%20%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20book%20Charlie%20and%20the%20Chocolate%20Factory%20had%20a%20great%20plot.%20Willy%20Wonkawa%20searching%20for%20the%20right%20child%20to%20take%20over%20his%20factory.%20Each%20of%20the%20children%20had%20their%20own%20problem.%20The%20kids%20all%20got%20tempted%20by%20something%20that%20happened%20to%20be%20going%20on%20in%20his%20factory.%20All%20except%20Charlie%20fell%20to%20the%20temptation.%20Charlie%20was%20award%20Willy%20Wonka's%20factory.%0D%0A%0D%0ACharacters%20in%20the%20book%20were%20a%20great%20part%20of%20the%20boo%20especially%20the%20major%20characters%20who%20played%20big%20role%20sin%20Charlie's%20part%20in%20the%20book.%20Even%20though%20he%20was%20poor%20he%20was%20the%20most%20humble%20of%20all%20the%20kids.%20Augustus%20Gloop%20greedy%20and%20that%20resulted%20in%20him%20being%20the%20first%20one%20to%20lose.%20Violet%20a%20mean%20cocky%20girl%20who%20lost%20because%20she%20wouldn't%20stop%20chewing%20gum%20and%20as%20a%20result%20she%20turned%20into%20a%20blueberry.%20Rarooka%20a%20spoiled%20brat%20that%20went%20down%20the%20garbage%20shoot%20because%20she%20was%20a%20bad%20egg.%20Mike%20T.V.%20turned%20into%20a%20very%20little%20boy.%20Willy%20Wonka%20was%20just%20crazy.%0D%0A%0D%0AFantastical%20Elements%20in%20%20the%20book%20were%20awesome.%20Oompa%20Loompa's%20comind%20from%20Loompa%20Land.%20An%20edible%20factory%20a%20whole%20room%20where%20you%20can%20eat%20all%20the%20candy%20you%20want.%20All%20the%20problems%20with%20the%20kids%20and%20what%20they%20had%20to%20go%20through%20lie%20Violet%20turning%20into%20a%20blueberry%20and%20Rarooka%20going%20down%20the%20garbage%20shoot.%20These%20elements%20are%20what%20mad%20ethis%20book%20the%20best.%0D%0A%0D%0ACharlie%20and%20the%20Chocolate%20Factory%20was%20a%20great%20book.%20The%20plot%20was%20great,%20the%20character%20could%20make%20the%20reader%20evaluate%20how%20long%20would%20you%20last%20in%20his%20factory%20with%20so%20much%20good%20things%20in%20their.%20The%20fantastical%20elements%20made%20the%20book%20great.%20This%20was%20one%20of%20my%20favorite%20books.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231804.The_Outsiders">The Outsiders (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/762707.S_E_Hinton">S.E. Hinton</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53321481</link>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:51:40 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The Outsiders was a good book that I liked a lot. This was another book chosen in class but it turned out  a very good book. The elements of this book that I liked was that it was a story inside a story. The main character was telling the story in the beginning first telling about all of his friends...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20Outsiders%20was%20a%20good%20book%20that%20I%20liked%20a%20lot.%20This%20was%20another%20book%20chosen%20in%20class%20but%20it%20turned%20out%20%20a%20very%20good%20book.%20The%20elements%20of%20this%20book%20that%20I%20liked%20was%20that%20it%20was%20a%20story%20inside%20a%20story.%20The%20main%20character%20was%20telling%20the%20story%20in%20the%20beginning%20first%20telling%20about%20all%20of%20his%20friends%20and%20their%20group%20called%20the%20greasers%20not%20a%20gang%20just%20a%20bunch%20of%20friends.%20Another%20element%20of%20the%20book%20I%20liked%20was%20the%20violence%20the%20last%20element%20I%20liked%20was%20the%20death%20in%20the%20story.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20Outsiders%20was%20a%20story%20inside%20the%20story.%20Ponyboy%20Curtis%20the%20main%20charater%20of%20was%20telling%20the%20story%20of%20his%20life%20at%20the%20time.%20He%20started%20%20talking%20about%20his%20brothers%20since%20his%20parents%20died.%20Ponyboy%20was%20telling%20the%20story%20while%20he%20was%20in%20the%20story%20himself.%0D%0A%0D%0AViolence%20another%20element%20in%20the%20book%20the%20Outsiders.%20Ponyboy%20and%20his%20group%20of%20greasers%20along%20with%20his%20older%20brothers%20are%20the%20lower-class%20and%20their%20rivals%20the%20Socs%20or%20Socials%20are%20their%20rivals,%20the%20upper-class%20kids%20from%20the%20west%20side%20of%20town.%20Ponyboy%20and%20his%20best%20friend%20Johnny%20Cade%20get%20attacked%20by%20some%20Socs%20because%20Ponyboy%20was%20talking%20to%20Soc%20boy%20Bob's%20girlfriend%20who%20was%20also%20a%20Soc.%20The%20Soc%20Bob%20gets%20killed%20in%20the%20fight%20because%20Johnny%20stabbed%20him%20because%20they%20were%20holding%20Ponyboy's%20head%20under%20water.%20Ponyboy%20didn't%20really%20seem%20to%20care%20to%20much%20he%20called%20the%20Socs%20%22WhITE%20TRASH%20with%20MADRAS.%22%20Dally%20a%20hardened%20street%20hoodlum%20with%20a%20long%20criminal%20record%20gives%20Ponyboy%20and%20Johnny%20a%20gun%20for%20protection%20from%20anymore%20Soc%20s%20that%20came%20at%20them.%20Ponyboy%20and%20Johnny%20took%20the%20gun.%20They%20were%20trying%20to%20prevnt%20trouble%20but%20if%20trouble%20came%20to%20them%20they%20would%20be%20the%20trouble%20because%20they%20had%20the%20gun.%0D%0A%0D%0ADeath%20was%20all%20through%20the%20book%20and%20I%20liked%20that%20about%20this%20book.%20Johnny%20and%20Ponyboy%20soon%20after%20they%20got%20the%20gun%20from%20Dally%20they%20saw%20a%20burning%20house.%20Pony%20was%20to%20much%20of%20a%20pumk%20to%20go%20in%20to%20see%20if%20people%20were%20inside,%20but%20Johnny%20goes%20and%20saves%20someones%20life%20but%20gets%20burned%20very%20badly%20and%20soon%20after%20dies.%20The%20fire%20wounds%20wre%20too%20much%20for%20the%20doctors%20too%20handle%20and%20he%20died.%20Dally%20was%20very%20close%20too%20Johnny%20and%20so%20when%20Johnny%20died%20Dally%20snapped%20he%20went%20otu%20and%20robbed%20a%20stor%20and%20ran%20afterwards%20but%20the%20cops%20found%20him%20wandering%20the%20streets%20Dally%20pulled%20out%20his%20gun%20an%20dthe%20cops%20opened%20fire%20on%20him.%20Dally,%20Johnny,%20and%20Bob%20all%20died%20in%20this%20book.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe%20Outsiders%20was%20a%20good%20book%20that%20I%20would%20recomend%20anyone%20to%20read%20it.%20The%20elements%20of%20this%20book%20are%20great%20especially%20if%20you%20like%20violence%20and%20to%20read%20a%20story%20inside%20a%20story%20is%20great%20because%20it%20through%20the%20%20eyes%20who'seen%20everything%20as%20it%20happened,%20Ponyboy%20Curtis.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:11:05 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Summary:A group called the greasers a lower-class group of misfits and called the greasers because of their long greasy hair. Ponyboy was attacked by their rival group the Socs who are the upper-class from the west side of town ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/530874.Ryan_White_My_Own_Story">Ryan White: My Own Story (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/293613.Ryan_White">Ryan White</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50401306</link>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:41:39 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book was very good. Ryan had to go through a lot of persecution because he had aids. Ryan went to churches and they neglected him. Shows how cruel people can be even if they are suppose holy. Ryan died at a very young age. When he did many people attended his funeral including his close friend ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20book%20was%20very%20good.%20Ryan%20had%20to%20go%20through%20a%20lot%20of%20persecution%20because%20he%20had%20aids.%20Ryan%20went%20to%20churches%20and%20they%20neglected%20him.%20Shows%20how%20cruel%20people%20can%20be%20even%20if%20they%20are%20suppose%20holy.%20Ryan%20died%20at%20a%20very%20young%20age.%20When%20he%20did%20many%20people%20attended%20his%20funeral%20including%20his%20close%20friend%20Elton%20John,%20but%20not%20to%20close.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver">The Giver (The Giver, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2493.Lois_Lowry">Lois Lowry</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50401266</link>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:37:29 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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