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Other than a minor complaint about part of the ending, I thought this was a delightful book. I loved the personalities of the two kids, although I can't figure out how someone can cheat at playing the card game War, either. It would require either a phenomenal memory or really impressive sleight-of-hand skills.
The "run away and hide in the museum" part of the story makes more sense than one might think, at first. I wasn't sure that the sister would have been quite so cavalier about running away ...more
The "run away and hide in the museum" part of the story makes more sense than one might think, at first. I wasn't sure that the sister would have been quite so cavalier about running away ...more
(Pg. 5) “Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away. That is, running away in the heat of anger with a knapsack on her back. She didn’t like discomfort; even picnics were untidy and inconvenient: all those insects and the sun melting the icing on the cupcakes. Therefore, she decided that her leaving home would not be just running somewhere but would be running to somewhere. To a large place, a comfortable place, an indoor place, and preferably a beautiful p
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May 26, 2008
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Jan 02, 2011
Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)
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Feb 06, 2012
Meegan Tosh
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Aug 11, 2012
Jennette Neville
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