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    <updated_at>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:22:22 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/733509.Down_Cut_Shin_Creek_The_Pack_Horse_Librarians_of_Kentucky">Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/29011.Kathi_Appelt">Kathi Appelt</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:37:09 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Well written, well researched and completely fascinating.  What heroes!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:11:54 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:31:45 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[One of the best books I have ever read.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6270006.Operation_Yes">Operation Yes (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/679454.Sara_Lewis_Holmes">Sara Lewis Holmes</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:39:45 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Books for young adults tend to be divided into quality categories; a few that are dreadful, many that are okay, some that are really good, and a small number that are capable of knocking your socks off.  Operation Yes knocked my socks off.  ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:31:41 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:31:39 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3476.Icy_Sparks">Icy Sparks (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2350.Gwyn_Hyman_Rubio">Gwyn Hyman Rubio</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:30:43 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149132.The_Green_Glass_Sea">The Green Glass Sea (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/24901.Ellen_Klages">Ellen Klages</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:51:52 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Much has been written about the scientists who lived at Los Alamos and developed the bomb that ended WWII.  This book is about the children of some of the scientists who worked on that project and what their lives at Los Alamos were like.  Great realistic characters and situations.]]></body>
        
    
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