From the Bookshelf of 101 Books to Read Before You Die

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Alana
I watched a couple movies or TV show versions of this as a child, but had never read any of the books. I picked this up today and read it all at once. What a fun, imaginative read! I like the ambiguity of it: are they real, or aren't they? It's like the gremlins in electronics that are supposed to mess everything up, or that toys come to life when we leave the room. We love the idea that there really is something hiding those little things we lose, and what if they all ended up in the home of a ...more
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