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My Thirteenth Winter: A Memoir 21 reviews
Samantha Abeel
Scholastic, 2005
Finding and Nurturing Potential
+ 11 Year Old's Review
+ Very familiar territory
+ Very interesting book, My Thirteenth Winter
+ A 14 - Year Old's Review
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Cheaper by the Dozen (Perennial Classics)149 reviews
Frank B. Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002
You only need one word to describe this book: fun!
+ A Wonderful Classic That Is Still Great - By Jingo!
+ Among the most classic of classics...
+ great family book
+ Fun for all ages
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My Brother, My Sister, and I28 reviews
Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Simon Pulse, 1996
Possibly not fiction
+ My Brother, My Sister, and I
+ An everyday yet new lesson taught
+ An everyday yet new lesson taught
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Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter183 reviews
Adeline Yen Mah
Laurel Leaf, 2001
Our class just finished this novel
+ I can relate to the Author
+ perfect timing
+ Heartwrenching, enspiring tale of a young girl who was neglected.
+ A girl treated like cinderella
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Hello, America4 reviews
Livia Bitton-Jackson
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2005
GREAT book; Great sequel
+ Good book idea!
+ In the golden land at last.
+ Trials and triumphs of a new immigrant
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Time Out for Happiness 5 reviews
Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
Crowell, 1971
A must for Cheaper by the Dozen fans
+ What a Surprise!
+ Time Out For Happiness
+ Time Out For Happiness
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Belles on Their Toes 21 reviews
Frank B. Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Harper Perennial, 2003
Awesome sequel
+ Wonderful Old Fashioned story
+ Great Sequel
+ Do YOU have a big family? If you do read this!
+ Great book!
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A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana (Today Show Book Club #3)200 reviews
Haven Kimmel
Broadway, 2002
Deserted-Island Read
+ Most Cleverly Written
+ Sweet, funny, uplifting
+ Really well written
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My Own Two Feet: A Memoir17 reviews
Beverly Cleary
HarperTrophy, 1996
Sad to See It End
+ A wonderful autobiography!
+ Sad to see it end
+ Volume Two of Beverly Cleary's Wonderful Autobiography
+ Highly enjoyable window to the past.
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So Far from the Bamboo Grove86 reviews
Yoko Kawashima Watkins
HarperTrophy, 1994
Compelling Japanese viewpoint of Pacific War and Korean Occupation
+ An inspiring and thought provoking story. . .
+ i liked it
A detailed and compelling memoir. Eleven-year-old Yoko and her family must move from Naman, North Korea, at the end of World War II and the end of the Japanese Occupation of Korea. The father is imprisoned, son is separated, mother is ill, and she and two daughters take a journey of peril, ...
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A Girl from Yamhill26 reviews
Beverly Cleary
HarperTrophy, 1996
I didn't want it to end
+ Oregon - Two Early Decades
+ A memoir of a book review
+ beautiful simplicity
+ a memoir by Beverly Clearly
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Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America163 reviews
Firoozeh Dumas
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004
One of the best books I've read this year
+ I heard (about) it on NPR
+ Funny, perceptive, perfect touch
Funny in Farsi is one of the best books I've read this year. I laughed until I cried, and while laughing, I learned a lot about the Iranian-American and immigrant experience. The author is talented at using humor to poke fun at herself, her family, Iran, and America, and yet the reader comes away ...
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My Bridges of Hope12 reviews
Livia Bitton-Jackson
Simon Pulse, 2002
Great sequel
+ Met my expectations
+ even better than the first!
+ A Perfect Addition To Your Holocaust Collection
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I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust165 reviews
Livia Bitton-Jackson
Simon Pulse, 1999
Shocking
+ My son could not put it down.
+ Quick, entertaining read
+ awesome!!!!!!
+ I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust Review
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Kitchen Privileges : A Memoir30 reviews
Mary Higgins Clark
Simon & Schuster, 2002
A heartwarming autobiography
+ A Lovely Lady Tells Her Story ...
+ DO NOT judge THIS book by it's cover!
+ My 80 year old mother loved it
+ Great Memoir
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My Own Two Feet: A Memoir17 reviews
Beverly Cleary
HarperTrophy, 1996
Sad to See It End
+ A wonderful autobiography!
+ Sad to see it end
+ Volume Two of Beverly Cleary's Wonderful Autobiography
+ Highly enjoyable window to the past.
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A Girl from Yamhill26 reviews
Beverly Cleary
HarperTrophy, 1996
I didn't want it to end
+ Oregon - Two Early Decades
+ A memoir of a book review
+ beautiful simplicity
+ a memoir by Beverly Clearly
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My Bridges of Hope12 reviews
Livia Bitton-Jackson
Simon Pulse, 2002
Great sequel
+ Met my expectations
+ even better than the first!
+ A Perfect Addition To Your Holocaust Collection
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Cheaper by the Dozen (Perennial Classics)149 reviews
Frank B. Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002
You only need one word to describe this book: fun!
+ A Wonderful Classic That Is Still Great - By Jingo!
+ Among the most classic of classics...
+ great family book
+ Fun for all ages
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A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana (Today Show Book Club #3)200 reviews
Haven Kimmel
Broadway, 2002
Deserted-Island Read
+ Most Cleverly Written
+ Sweet, funny, uplifting
+ Really well written
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