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this book is great.You know My auntie just sent me this book and just handled it.You know i can't buy books about backstreetboys,(but maybe i do,but it's hard for me to find one because i'm from the philippines) but luckily i've had a nice auntie in the U.S. who've sent me this book.But you know i'm really worried 'coz my auntie sent it through mail,so i'm afraid it won't come because some BAD people(philippines) just get it if they found it beutiful for them,so i kept on praying and hoping that the book will be sent to me,and luckily i did. I really recommend this G-R-E-A-T B-O-O-K

this book is the best book on the Backstreet Boys that i have ever read. there is a bio on each of the guys, LOTS of hott pics-including younger pics and shirtless pics- and behind the scenes stuff. there are also stories of the pranks that they play on each other and of accidents and funny stuff that happened onstage. every BSB fan should have this book. it is worth every cent and worth getting! i love Brian soo much, he is soo hott and soo sweet! keep the Backstreet pride alive ya'll!

This book is the best!!! I'm a AJ fan and all of the pictures of him are great!!! A must have for any BSB fan!!!!!!!!

i love this book as i said, i realy love the pic's on nick they are soooo beautiful and i love the info, and the pic's on the others of coures but nick most, you must get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the best book i have ever read.It tells you everything you need to know about Backstreet. It also gives you their biography,and some of their secerts.So if you haven't read it you better get it=)

This is a lovely story about a lovely boy. He grows as a person and has his dreams come true. It is also a fantasy story which makes it a bit unrealistic but this book does deal with real issues and it is a beautiful and memorable story.

I loved Black and Blue Magic as a child. I have tried to find it several times using search engines but never used the right search terms until recently. I am buying this book for my children because I know they will experience the same "magic" that I felt when I read this book (many years ago). Jason Alter, author of John Fastramp and the Dakota 3000 Challenge.John Fastramp and the Dakota 3000 Challenge

I tracked this book down on Amazon after remembering it from when I was a kid. It's a great story of the loser kid (which I really related to) transforming his life through the aid of magic and the ability to fly. Highly recommended.

An old book that shows it's age. However, it was one of the first books I read in the fantasy genre. The book is a harmless glimpse of what might be if magic were real and being peddled out of a suitcase. I bought it for my nephew.

I found this book to be kind of dull actually. The characters are broad and somewhat unrealistic, and I don't know that Snyder has found an effective way to combine fantastic elements with a realistic world.

This is a good-hearted book, and might be worth a read as an afternoon's entertainment, but it didn't hold the magic for me that it seemed to hold for other reviewers. It reminds me a little bit of the works of Ruth Chew, which all center around kinds and magical objects.

I would recommend Beatrice Gormley's "Mail Order Wings" above this for a book about an adolecent who takes flight. If you're looking for a good fantasy story involving children and magical adventures, I think "James and the Giant Peach" or "The BFG," both by Roald Dahl, would be more satisfying.

This is a great book that proves the value of a determined citizen. Had Mrs. Ives just backed off and believed what she was told much of this information may have remained buried. Although this book speaks about "long ago" events it is still relevent today. Pick it up and read through, I bet you find more than one recongnizable political figure within the story.

This is an investigative report that reads like a thriller, though it is frustrating in that the corruption it exposes is never cleaned up. Any parent's worst nightmare is the loss of a child; in this case, the child was murdered and the killers were never asked to take responsibility for the crime. The courageous mother who pursues justice is continually stonewalled and dismissed. It is infuriating to read about what she went through.

Arkansas, where all this took place, was then under the leadership of a governor who has been shown to be as crooked as a country road--his involvement, and the involvement of his familial/political clique--is sickening.

I have yet to find anything that convincingly refutes the facts gathered by Leveritt. This is not a crackpot-conspiracy-theory book; it isn't a propogandist smear. I tend to think that, in the not-so-distant future, a LOT of interesting information regarding some of these high-ranking individuals will come to light. At this point, nothing will surprise me.

The death of the boys serves as a focal point. We need a focal point, for this story eventually leads us to what is undoubtedly the greatest challenge to our democratic system of government most of us will know in this century. The essence of Ms. Leveritt's story is the solvency of our system of justice, rule by the people vs. rule by a central government. In a democracy where justice is withheld by abusive political elities and the perversion of our national organizations of justice and law ... we have to suspect democracy has withered on the vine. This should be a call to action for our national media who have behaved scandalously in shunning and obstructing the details of this sordid tale of the decline of American Justice.

My hat is off to Linda Ives and Jean Duffey who have thus far proven that brave women are more effective crusaders than men.

Jim

This report of a mother's quest to solve the mystery of her son's death takes us into a sewage pit of corruption in 1980s Arkansas -- corruption not really resulting from any sort of organized conspiracy, but corruption resulting from dishonesty, incompetence and/or both at various levels of state government operations. Thanks to drug money, the police were corrupt. Thanks to politics, state agents (such as medical examiners and prosecutors) were incompetent, and the elected leadership was both incompetent and highly corrupt. Thank goodness this pustule of government/administrative cancer was confined to Arkansas -- it would have been complete disaster for these shabby people ever to have obtained the reins of national-level power, either in the White House or the Senate.

A mother's determination to learn the truth about the deaths of her teenage son and his friend, who were hit by a train late at night in Arkansas after being laid side-by-side on the tracks. Local authorities offer absurd explanations and try to brush it off as an accident, but in time it becomes clear that a cover-up is in the works, and that the deaths were possibly related to a large-scale, international drug-smuggling operation of the 1980's, which was condoned and covered up by authorities because of its links to Iran-Contra. Don't let this sound too confusing or far-fetched. Mara Leveritt is a respected reporter with the Arkansas Times, and the entire story is carefully explained and well-documented. This is a must read for anyone interested in American government policies in relation to the drug war, Iran-Contra, and covert activities, or Arkansas state politics in the Clinton era.

I love this book. It was "the book" when I was growing up. My grandmother read from it to us all of the time . Great memories!~ Highly recommended.

This large collection of poems is absolutely great! I love poems I don't have to work at to understand - just enjoyable, fun, nostalgic reading. I wanted to surprise a friend that remembered having a book of poetry as a child that included both Custard the Dragon and Little Orphan Annie. This is the only book I could find with both. And now I treasure it as well. I hope to have to buy more copies for my grandkids someday!!

I have had this book for years, ever since my family was very young. I purchased it myself. We spent many an evening sitting on the front porch with neighborhood children reading the poetry. The funniest time was when we had a neighbor from Japan read Jabberwocky. I remember that to this day. I think she laughed the hardest. There is a poem there for everyone. Now I bought the book for my grandchildren. One in particular loves and writes poetry, and I feel this will give her a chance to read all kinds of poetry. That is who I bought this last book for. It is a family book.

Great collection of poems for read aloud to younger children and for older children, copy and memeory work.

As a homeschooling mother, I have searched for several years to find just the right poetry book. I have children ranging in age from 6-19, and wanted a wealth of poems that would span the broad age range. This book contains over seven hundred poems - so every time we open the book, we discover new treasures. We especially like the rhythm and rhyme that so many of the poems have. Although the book is organized by themes, it is indexed by title, author, and even first lines, so we can easily find our favorites the next time. If you only have space or money to buy one poetry book, this is the one!

My grandsons thoroughly enjoy these books. They have excellent messages, and keep them entertained. They hardly even realize they're doing school work. They've used these books in book reports. One of them has a learning disability, so they're especially useful for him.

My son started the first book and he is really enjoying it. I recommend this series to boys who love to read!

After meeting Henry Winkler in the Savannah, GA airport, my daughter immediately wanted me to find his books. He personally recommended them to her based on her age. I went online and bought the entire collection. She absolutely loves them. Thanks Mr. Winkler!

My daughter loves this series! She loves the FONZ, aka Henry Winkler (author of this series). Great way to get started collecting the whole series HANK ZIPZER.

This WHOLE series of books is a BIG hit with kid's between 9 and 13 years of age. It has EVERYTHING a child of that age loves to talk about. The stories are entertaining and very topical for kid's in that age group.

I was able to meet Henry Winkler at a book signing and he is a wonderful individual. He suffers from Dislexia and incorporates his difficulties with Dislexia during his childhood in a way that makes children understand that even though someone may be different, they still are important. But don't think these books are all about dislexia, they're not. They deal with issues that kids of the 9-13 age bracket face every day.

So far, I like the book about the Enchilada and my second favorite is the newer one about family trips. I can relate, my Sister ALWAYS threw up in the car.

Anyone who has a child with Dislexia should be buying these books. If your child does not suffer from Dislexia, these books are still very awesome, your kid's will LOVE them!

I too grew up on the north side of Chicago in the 1950s, in a half-Irish family. I enjoyed the story, which wasn't sensational but rang true. Most though I loved the rendering of 50's Chicago. Haven't thought about Goldblatt's in a long time, I confess. I wish the book was twice as long so I could revisit that Chicago of so long ago for a little while longer. Well done.

This is one of my favorite books, and I have passed it on to many. The story is both sad and funny (but mainly funny). I hated to see it end. Often we read books that are just okay, but this book is one of those "great book finds," something we hope to find in each book we take time for.

I loved this story. Not only were the escapades fun, but it's well-written as well. I was particularly interested because I grew up in a neighborhood not far from the one in the book. Many of the places mentioned were part of my youth.

I enjoyed this book. I grew up, a Roman Catholic in Chicago, IL. I also attended Catholic schools through all my education. I feel this novel is well written and captivating. It shares the daily struggles and joys of a family with its dark side and its nurturing side. I would recommend this book. I have a concern that for someone not raised in Chicago, it may not be as enjoyable.

Look at this list and see if any items bring back memories: Wieboldt's, "suntan lotion," Shedd Aquarium, forest preserves, "da boda ya," Belmont Avenue, trolley buses, Waveland Avenue, Wrigley Field, Ernie Banks, calling your mother "Ma," calling soda "pop." Well? If those make your past come blowing into your present, then this book is for you. Anyone who grew up in an ethnic working-class family around Chicago in the 50s and 60s will recognize these and the myriad other memory sparkers that appear in this book. The story is good too.

I just wanted to say that it's strange that Mr. Fuqua has biopolar disorder. It's strange that he's not embarrassed to say it. I don't think hes weird or anything, but maybe others might. That's sad because I saw him at my school and he's so funny and tells a story about trying to sale a styrofoam boat to Bermuda. He doesn't seem to have biopolar illness if that's being kind of insane. I found out he did in the back of the paperback version of King of the Pygmies, but it's not in the hard version. I read both. I really loved this story and recommend it. Also, you should read the back about Mr. Fuqua having bipolar problems. It's sort of sad if you met him.

One of my all time favorite books. When regular teen Penn starts hearing voices in his head he realizes that he has the power to help people because he can hear their thoughts. Penn's depressed elderly neighbor seems to confirm that he has a new power after her thoughts are recieved by him and he helps her. Penn's similarly afflicted uncle Hewitt helps him to get through this terrible time and ultimately helps Penn and his family make some very important decisions.
The only downfall of this book is that Penn also has a retarted older brother. This kind of detracts from the real issues and takes away from all of the other issues that Penn is dealing with (girls, school, life, friends, etc.)
This is a unique and not-written-about-enough look into the world of the mentally ill and a must read for teens who are going through troubled times.

This is a good book. This is a good book from the beginning to the end. This is the kind of book that every person, young adult to adult, should read, because it is about being human, understanding another person's delimas, and walking in someone else's shoes.
Penn Swayne is a normal kid in an East Coast town that lacks even a hint of magic, when he starts to hear voices. They sound like the people around him, some funny, others crushingly sad. Mostly they leave him at a loss for what to do and fearful of being diagnosed, loosely, as insane. Thankfully his truly insane Uncle Hewitt tells him not to worry. He's not insane, he's special, a king of sorts for what he can do.
King of the Pygmies is about reality vs. magic, about illness vs. gifts, and control vs. no control. It's funny, sad, and pretty gut wrenching. This book should be read. I've never read anything better about a subject I know too well.
Now, one last word. I read the previous reviewer's remarks about the author being liberal for speaking out against the administration. Therefore, this librarian, which is what they said they are, would ban the book from his or her readers. This really makes me nervous. Is this what we've come to? He/she call the book's content good but say that the writer, for speaking his mind in some article in a magazine no one reads, unacceptable. Well I find that unacceptable, and everyone else should, too. Books should be judged for others by content, not by personal agendas.
This is a special book, written exceptionally well, dealing with a difficult subject, the onset of a mental illness that will change Penrod Swayne's life. In this time and day, how many teens and even adults are experiencing similar issues? If you're a student, a teacher, or work in an office, it's entertaining and informing. It is what a book should be.

At some point, one must come clean as to their identity and why they are writing. I don't seek to hide my point of origin just as I would hope someone contesting the material that I write would reveal their point of view to me. I am a librarian. A good one. I care about the youth whom I serve and seek to provide them with the best possible materials. However, there are times when one must dabble in certain subterfuge, and this book is that time. Right away I admit that it is not about the book, at least not completely. I actually enjoyed the story enough and can acknowledge its value. What I don't acknowledge and in fact disavow completely is the author's politics and how they have ruined his work for me.

Last summer, Mr. Fuqua had an article in a highly regarded literary journal that need not be named. Like most YA librarians, I recieve it in order to find appropriate materials for my clientel. And curious as I was, I read the piece on Mr. Fuqua, who, after some back and forth about his life and ideas, said that he is, "more scared of this administration," than the possibility of developing cancer. There we have it. Politics enters literature, and I do not feel good about the mix. Why he pushed so hard to reveal himself, I do not know. No matter, I will take simple action to deny developing minds access to his work, including his last book that takes place in the Cold War. Mr. Fuqua, it seems, wants all to know and identify him as an anti-war anti-America, anti-president, and anti-establishment writer. If he chooses to take this risk, he must know that others will choose a similar path and write him off according to our own moral compass and patriotic sensibility.

In all of us, there comes a point when one must stand up. Mr. Fuqua's story is entertaining enough. I can even see its value and will now take pains to search for other books that might give comfort to those afflicted by mental illness or know of someone with these issues. But his assault on America's ethics continue throughout his story with disheartening images of an untraditional family, of a fall-down drunk, and the writer's constant questions about human sanity and insanity that might cause readers, when all is said and done, to question their own more than the main character's.

King of the Pygmies is more than just a book. It is an issue hidden in a story, and because that issue is important, it gives some value to a book that really shouldn't be read by young minds of any sort. Save it, I think, for adults who understand that aspects of this pleasing story are drivel.

Penrod has been named after a grandfather, Penrod who must have been himself named after the beloved YA book by Booth Tarkington, PENROD AND SAM, a wonderful story of a boy and his dog. This boy Penn has even bigger problems than the original Penrod. For one thing, he is coming down with schizophrenia, a condition which in this book is characterized by the ability to hear the thoughts of other people (or maybe not). Penn's no good uncle has had this condition for many years and he tells his nephew, no, it's not schizophrenia, it is that we are both Pygmies, we are a sacred totemic tribe much misunderstood by society. As victims of Pygmy Syndrome, argues Uncle Hewitt, we are not to be tampered with by medicine or treatment. Hewitt announces that both Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise, two of Hollywood's smaller stars, are actually Pygmies too.

I think maybe the author got to this point in his story and realized that he was way off base, for he spend the last pages of the book (SPOILER AHEAD) with an earnest note to teen readers urging them to seek medical help if they think they might be schizophrenic.

Fuqua never really engages us in this story. I didn't really care whether or not Penn was schizophrenic or not. He has an older brother of 21, handsome and rugged as a movie star, who is mildly retarded and works at Burger King. The relationship of Penn and Matty is mildly interesting, but it makes you wonder, how many different ways can author Jonathon Scott Fuqua dabble in disability and mental illness? He seems drawn to these "different" characters not from any genuine interest in them but because his research has shown him that they might be a new colorful bunch for the prolific writer to spin tales about.

Penn has a cute romance with a newcomer to Havre de Grace (Maryland), a Filipina-American girl his own age (15 or so) called Daisy. She is quite sympathetic, although Penn tries to hide his spiralling schizophrenic episodes from her. In one of the worse episodes he throws himself into a vacant lot where generations of bums like his uncle have left behind shards of broken bottles, so that his thrashing and tormented tremors slash his skin in a million pieces, leaving his backside gummed with blood. Penn's mother, Belinda Wallace, is another strong female character. It's possible that Fuqua was attempting to write a strong family-based fable about schizophrenia, and then got sidetracked when he realized that his story was falling between two stools. It turns out to be neither an allegory nor a very realistic tale.

However the author can sketch out a romance between an awkward boy and a more self-possessed girl, and I eagerly look forward to reading more books by this modern day Booth Tarkington.

I wonder if I was a real Pygmy what I would think of the book; it takes an awfully facetious attitude towards Pygmies. And what about the character Colin Turnbull, a man who may or may not exist? Is he a figure in Uncle Hewitt's imagination? Or is it all a weird coincidence that the real life Colin Turnbull was the anthropologist who wrote extensively about the oppressed Pygmy peoples of the world?

Hey,this is a pretty great book!Even though some people like the idea of a Nancy/Frank thing,I think its sweet that Ned cares about Nancy. I mean now-a-days,all guys are players.Where else can you find a guy who cares about you and doesn"t cheat?Answer rhat question.Anyway , even though I like the Nancy/Ned thing,there was a lot of romace in this book!Not just between Nancy and Frank. This is a definetly must read book!

This is a great book!!! What is with the whole "I'm sorry Nancy but I'm in love with Callie I feel terrible about kissing you,'Thats alright Frank me too I'm in love with Ned" thing Frank and Nancy are meant to be!!!!! They are so not being true to themselves. Nancy admits that she is attracted to Frank practicly in everybook and in a question of guilt Frank proves that he is jealous of nancy going off with other men!!!! Anyway a good read as useual totally recorrmend!!!!

This was a pretty good book.It was all about how Nancy and the Hardys have to solve this case at a resort.Ned shows up in the middlish end.He sees Frank and Nancy hugging and thinks that hes lost his girlfriend.But Nancy talks to him and they still go out together.The case is eventually solved and Nancy and the Hardys go back to their regular lives then solve their next case,The Paris Connection.

I LOVED this book! It was really good. Nancy and the Hardys get called in to help with sabotage at a rich mountain resort.It's full of mystery,romance(LoL),and keeps you reading!I loved the part in the cabin & I hate that Ned showed up.It's a Must read for any fan!

I think this is the best Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys Supermystery of all. I finally was able to locate it in December. I have been wanting to read it for years, but I never could find it. It has an interesting plot intertwined with just enough romance that it's not too mushy.

I agree with the other readers, Ned should have been left out. Carolyn Keene should definately write a series without Ned and Callie. Frank and Nancy are meant to be.

i haven't read it but want too since it has 3 of my favorite dave pelzer story's of all time in it! read it if you like dave pelzer as much as me!

in all my life,this is the most heart wrenching story i had ever read in my life.i'm a fan of biographies and i had never read a story which really touches ny heart.i'm a child of abuse however mine wasnt this bad.i'm actually greatful for what i have in my life.At least now i know i wasn't alone undergoing the pain in my past.To all parents,love your child.

I bought this book for my sister who isn't much of a reader. It's hard to find books that are interesting for teenagers. Not only will an adult like it, but it is a great distraction for the teenager stuck on Jerry Springer!

What to say. The whole story left me breathless, staring into space, uncomprehending, wishing I could turn back time and remove that little boy from his terrible fears and desperation. Yes, it is a "fantastic" book, though "fantastic" doesn't seem the right adjective as his story is so terribly sad.

What's most amazing -and uplifitng- is the third part, as the back cover of the book says "a remarkable tale of survival and the triumph of the human spirit over adversity". THAT is fantastic. I'm so glad Dave escaped his terrible fate and is now helping others. He is an inspiration to say the least.

This is not for the weak of stomach though. It is pretty graphic as it shows the types of abuse went through when he was younger, as well as how it affected him the rest of his life! There were times I needed to put the book down for a day or two to digest and fully absorb what was written, before I went to the next section. This book takes you through all the emotions. I am so glad he had the strength to write such a book as so many turn their cheeks and try to think things like this don't happen in our society. This book truly gave me the kick in the butt that I needed to do something I have always wanted to do. I signed up for a 3 day training program to be an volunteer advocate for women and children that are victims of domestic violence. No one should have to live like this, though many still do. No excuses, read this book and do something to stop domestic violence!

The characters and their actions are clearly drawn from the imagination of an inexperienced writer sitting back and trying to think of something clever, rather than from life. The consciousness of the main character, who ages from 11 to 13 years old, ranges wildly from brooding adult to childishness, but not in a way that shows awkward adolescence; instead, it seems as if the author has little understanding of who he is writing about. This seems to be the work of someone who would like to be a writer, not of someone who can write, and I assume that the book's fans must really want to believe in it because it is a coming-of-age story of our generation. I only finished reading it as a matter of principle, because I started it -- A Nixon Man isn't unreadable, but it isn't very interesting, either.

Found this book in a used book store. What a wonder. I loved it. The recollection of life in San Francisco in the early '70s reminded me of my own crazy youth and moved me immeasureably. The sensiblity is poignant and hilarious and profound. The wild masturbatory scene in the sand is virtuouso. The exploits of the main character, Jack, have stayed with me for days. This writer has a lot to say about family and love and loss. I hope the he publishes another book soon.

It has been a long time since I have enjoyed a book so much. A wonderful, haunting, read.

Comparable to the peculiar memories of thomas penman, thumbsucker, and the adrian mole diaries. Every adolescent male should read this book.

Its a shame that some authors live can off their celeberity and others (without publicity machines behind them) are far superior to the supposed masters. This book deserves to be a best seller and Cahill's storytelling runs circles around the John Irvings of the world.

Being the same age as the book's central figure added to the enjoyment, as recogntion of events - both public and private pop up on most every page. This great novel can not be recommended highly enough.