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The Blue Castle 129 reviews L.M. Montgomery
Bantam Books, 1989
:D
+ A really good and comfy book + I give it 4 1/2 stars + My All Time Favorite Book + My favorite book of all time.
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Sabriel (The Abhorsen Trilogy) 546 reviews Garth Nix
Eos, 1997
Truly Unforgettable Characters
+ Mediocre writing, but an engaging plot, strong protagonist, and unique setting make up for it. Recommended + Strong and interesting characters + A Must Read! + One of the best books I've ever read. Ever.
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The Faerie Queene (Penguin Classics) 35 reviews Edmund Spenser
Penguin Classics, 1979
Penguin is best edition short of Hamilton's
+ Please with Purchase + Selections from The Faerie Queene review + More about the journey than the destination...
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The Two Princesses of Bamarre 200 reviews Gail Carson Levine
HarperTrophy, 2003
Best fantasy book!
+ LOVED IT! + Very good + Read it again and again!
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The Secret History of the Pink Carnation 130 reviews Lauren Willig
NAL Trade, 2005
Suffers a bit from an identity crisis, but still a fun read...
+ A fun read! + My Return to "Chick Lit"
Eloise is an intrepid American who is trying to uncover the identity of the Pink Carnation, a notorious spy who operated throughout the Napoleonic Wars. She's planning her dissertation on the elusive Pink Carnation and the secrets lie within the Selwick family archives. Nothing is going to stand in ...
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Rena's Promise 44 reviews Rena Kornreich Gelissen, Heather Dune Macadam
Beacon Press, 1996
Unbelievable but True
+ Amazing Rena and amazing struggle to live + Excellent reading! + Excellent example of a Holocaust event + Courageous but a dead giveaway
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The Dark Visions Collector's Edition: (The Strange Power/The Possessed/The Passion) 33 reviews L.J. Smith
Simon Pulse, 1998
I didn't know God himself wrote books!
+ Dark Visions + Great! + Dark Visions: The Strange Power, the Possessed, the Passion
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A Ring of Endless Light (Austin Family) 204 reviews Madeleine L'Engle
Laurel Leaf, 1981
Loved It!!
+ From a teen reader + another favorite + A Ring of Endless Light + A Ring of Endless Light
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Emily of New Moon (Emily Novels) 84 reviews L.M. Montgomery
Laurel Leaf, 1983
A great, honest, straight forward book.
+ One of Montgomery's BEST! + Classic and More Complex Than "Anne" + An intriguing heroine... + Don't expect Anne
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The Eight: A Novel 365 reviews Katherine Neville
Ballantine Books, 1990
Great ride!
+ Breathtaking in imagination and scope + Great Adventure and Action
Travelling back and forth through time, criss-crossing the globe in a frantic quest first to hide and then to retrieve pieces of a priceless and ominous chess set, laced with historical characters as diverse as Charlemagne, Casanova and Bach, sprinkled with arcane bits of chess lore, alchemy, music ...
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We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah's Book Club) 477 reviews Joyce Carol Oates
Plume, 1996
Not to be missed - a quintessentially American story
+ Elegant & Heartbreaking Prose + An Intense Novel That Kept Me Reading
We Were the Mulvaneys tells the story of the Mulvaney family: handsome, successful patriarch Michael Mulvaney Sr., who owns a thriving roofing business and enjoys the friendship and contacts of many of the movers and shakers in small Mt. Ephraim, New York; blue-eyed, lithe, religious Corinne, ...
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Wieland, or the Transformation (Literary Classics Series) 7 reviews Charles Brockden Brown
Prometheus Books, 1997
The first solid American novel
+ Gothic goodness, transplanted + Great Gothic! + A Classic of American Gothic Horror
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The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, Book 1) 1698 reviews Robert Jordan
Tor Fantasy, 1990
Tremendous start to epic fantasy series
+ These book are long, but like all great books, they aren't long enough. + The first epic fantasy that I grew up on + New Fantasy Fan
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The Bronze Bow 95 reviews Elizabeth George Speare
Sandpiper, 1997
Even better the second time around!
+ Deeply moving and powerful adventure + Only one of my favorite books + 5 stars is not enough! + planning to read it again
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond 383 reviews Elizabeth George Speare
Laurel Leaf, 1978
Classic
+ read it four times when I was younger + The first book I ever read twice + still enjoyable as an adult + Perfect Historical Fiction Book for Adolescent Girls
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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast 242 reviews Robin McKinley
HarperTrophy, 1993
An easy nd imaginative read.
+ One of the best re-tellings of a classic + Enjoyable Read + I couldn't put it down... + Find love or die in the pursuit
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The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination (Penguin Classics) 13 reviews Harold Frederic
Penguin Classics, 1986
Faustian Indeed!
+ Timeless classic + This sleeper classic tops most books written today + Something to Remember Him By
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Just Ella (Aladdin Fantasy) (Aladdin Fantasy) 187 reviews Margaret Peterson Haddix
Aladdin, 2001
This book is the bomb!
+ One of M.P. Haddix's best books + Just Ella + Just Ella
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (rpkg) (HarperClassics) 414 reviews Avi
HarperTrophy, 1997
Awesome Book, Even Better Characters
+ Charlotte Doyle + Charlotte Doyle,was a great book!Read it! + Happy, Happy, Happy
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Sunshine 313 reviews Robin McKinley
Jove, 2004
Somewhat difficult to wade through, however....
I liked it.
The vampires are revolting. The violence is grisly and gruesome. The heroine is no Mary Sue.
To start out, Robin McKinley's book "Beauty" is my second favorite book in the world. I tried reading "Deerskin," but I only made it halfway (readers of that book can probably ...
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