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A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive
by Dave Pelzer

Get Real! (8/23/2008)

Have all the reviews here been written by the same group of 13 year olds only to alternate with some real reviews that I'd say are closer to reality, only to get crushed by a fictionally raving imaginary group of fans?

Get Real.

; )

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by Bonnie Garmus

Praised by Parade and The New York Times Book Review, this debut features a 1960s scientist turned TV cooking star.

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