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I loved the Viola Swamp series as a child. My daughter was very into reading so I purchased her this book as part of her Christmas presents. She liked it just as much as I did when I was young. I'm glad they haven't tried to update the artwork. I've noticed recently that some of the great books I had as a child are being published with updated artwork and I think it's terrible.

Miss Nelson had to get her tonsils out,so her class had a substitute teacher. The class was afraid they would get Miss Swamp as their substitute teacher . The principal was the first substitute . He was very boring,so the class disguised themselves as Miss Nelson. Then the class went to the movies and got candy. Miss Nelson saw the children and called the principal. The principal did not believe her. Miss Nelson really was Miss Swamp,so she dressed up in her Miss Swamp clothes and went to class. She tricked the class and then came back to school as Miss Nelson again.
I thought is was a pretty good book.

Miss Nelson is Back is written by James Marshall and Harry Allard, and was made for Miss Audrey Bruce.
This short story is about a group of nine children in classroom 209 with a teacher named Miss Nelson. When Miss Nelson is out for a week the children get a lesson taught to them that they will never forget.
Children will enjoy this book, because it is dealing with children and things that they go through.
Children can learn a good lesson for school about not messing with a substitute teacher , because one time you just might get a one that wont put up with any of their nonsence and could punish them very bad by possibly putting them in detention or worse.

Miss Nelson Is Back is written by James Marshall and Henry Allard, and was made for Miss Audrey Bruce.
This short story is about a group of nine children in classroom 209 with a teacher named Miss Nelson. When Miss Nelson is out for a week the children get a lesson taught to them that they will never forget.
Children will enjoy this book, because it is dealing with things that kids have to go through.
Children can learn a good lesson for school about not messing with a substitute teacher, because one time you might get a teacher that wont put up with any nonsense, and could punish them very bad by possibly putting them in detention or worse.

~I read this book for the first time as a choice for storytelling in my forensics class, and as i developed the characters, voices, and knowledge of this book, the more i loved it! This book tells of school kids whose teacher leaves for a week to get her tonsils taken out, they think (on the assumption of an older kid) that they will get a mean horrid teacher named Viola Swamp!!! They end up getting the boring principal, eventually they get rid of him (I wont tell how) and they go out for fun~~ days galore. Its a hoot!~

I used it as part of a literature lesson plan for class...great book and fun to learn with paper folding.

This story is how an man worked on a busy rode. One day a new highway was built
close buy and people drove past buy the restruant

This was my favorite book to read to my children when they were growing up. It has a serene, Zen-like quality. A timeless tale, this will particularly appeal to families who hold art and music as sacred facets of their lives.

There is nothing better than a well-told folktale. Actually, I take that back, there is something better-a well-told, beautifully illustrated folktale. And this is exactly what Molly Bang has presented readers here. This simple Asian-styled tale of the mysterious stranger who rewards kindness is a familiar sort of story-but a bit of magic and music make it dance as surely as the magical paper crane in the title.

In THE PAPER CRANE, an old man comes into a restaurant and is treated to a meal by the owner. In repayment for this kindness, the stranger creates an origami crane out of a napkin that comes to life and dances with a clap of the hands. A bit of simple magic and music in this Asian folk tale make it dance as surely as the paper crane. The restaurant, which had been suffering from lack of business, suddenly becomes a popular stopover for people who want to see the magical crane and both the restaurant owner and his son benefit from the new business, and take joy in all the people. Finally, the stranger returns, plays his flute to make the crane dance, and then flies off on the cranes back, never to be seen again. A whimsical folk tale that imparts the message that kindness is rewarded. The text is simple, easy to read on the page in a large and elegant font. But that is only half the appeal.

What makes this book so special is that all of the pictures in this book are full-color art paper cutouts that were photographed to preserve the 3-D effect of the pictures. The impression is striking. The textured images of the restaurant and it's inhabitants jump off the pages and will provide parent and child with an unusual, but appropriate set of images for this folk tale. The pictures vary from full, double-page photographs, to smaller framed images, keeping the story moving and plenty for the eye to explore. There's also a secondary story revealed by the pictures-that of the restaurant owner's son. Never mentioned in the text, the boy appears on every page, and you follow him as he witnesses all the events that occur. You see him drawing, or helping serve food, or playing marbles with another child. And the very last page is dedicated entirely to him-you see him standing and practicing playing the flute in his pajamas. Perhaps hoping he can play like the mysterious stranger had one day? Because of the folded paper nature of the crane itself, the paper images in the book work symbiotically to fit the theme of the story and complete the magic of folded paper and paper cutouts. If you or your child is learning origami, this would be an excellent book to introduce them to!

I'd recommend this book for ages 4-8, but parents are sure to enjoy the art as well! If you like multicultural folktales, you might also want to check out THE EMPTY POT by Demi and THE MITTEN by Jan Brett.

Happy Reading ^_^ Shanshad.

In "The Paper Crane," author/illustrator Molly Bang tells the story of a restaurant owner whose business suffers when a new highway diverts possible patrons away from his place. But his fortunes change when a mysterious visitor leaves the owner a magical gift.

Bang's illustrations appear to be photographs of multi-media collages, and have a wonderful 3-dimensional quality. There are lots of warm earth tones complemented by flashes of bright color. Here is another interesting (and, in my opinion, admirable) element of this book: the book jacket notes that the story is based on "an ancient Japanese folktale," but Bangs features a multi-ethnic assortment of people in her illustrations. An entertaining, visually rich book.

Rainbow Reiki is based upon the tradition form of Reiki, from the Usui System of teaching. Thus, the basic precepts, teachings, and attunements from this system are essentially the same as virtually any other Usui Reiki based system.

Beyond these foundational precepts, Rainbow Reiki system includes a variety of additional resources. Some of the most interesting aspects of this work included in depth information on aura and chakra work; the layouts of environmental or crystal mandalas; how to work with subtle beings; and the use of Reiki essences. It should be noted that this work is not a complete course guide for Rainbow Reiki. Instead, this text serves as a way to deepen the meaning and expand upon these original teachings.

Although not trained or attuned to this particular system of Reiki, I found Rainbow Reiki to be a very useful resource and pertinent to my own light work. Likely, this is due to the fact that I have been trained in the foundations of other Usui based traditions. Thus, I have no qualms about recommending this book to anyone with traditional Reiki training.

This book finally brings together a real way to use many tools of healing while giving a Reiki treatment. I highly recommened it to my Reiki students who are on a healing path. It is easy to read. It lets us realize how simple and easy it is to be a healer when our own ego is not involved.

This book by Lubeck is great. Those of us that know little about Shamanism are sure to be trilled with the innovative techniques that Lubeck offers. Since the beggining of the book Lubeck gives out warnings in the matter of practicing the techniques and outlines every single one of them step by step so that any body with the minimal qualifications may practice them, outlining this kind of techniques is a big responsability and Lubeck stays at the heigth of the situation. It may be a little hard for those not used to reading academic books but is still a blast for your Reiki practice. All those that have read and use some of those techniques will agree with me that this book is a must have for any Reiki Master.

As I wrote in the title - Castaneda goes Reiki - and this is simply put Shamanism combined with Reiki. Here you'll find descriptions of how to create and communicate with power places and spirits, and how to use Reiki for paintings, how to make the author's Reiki essences and his opinions on how to use crystals and pendulums in different ways with Reiki. There's not much "new" or revolutionary ideas in this book, but you'll definitely get a nice and entertaining moment of reading. The book will in the best cases awaken your old, forgotten and hidden knowledges and in the worst cases you'll fall asleep since there are some pointers and warnings that is repeated which seems a little bit unnecessary.

Rainbow Reiki by Walter Lubeck sets forth with the intent, according to the subtitle, of "expanding the reiki system with powerful spiritual abilities." This amazingly short, at 175 pages, text extensively explores the vast expanse of rainbow reiki technique and application. This thorough examination of the topic will prove beneficial to the reader with only minimal difficulty.

Walter Lubeck , a Reiki Master and author of several books, including The Complete Reiki Handbook, Reiki--Way of the Heart, and others, is the founder and director of the Reiki-Do Institute. He has developed rainbow reiki as a means of incorporating additional alternative healing modalities, such as channelling, astral travel, reiki essences, and others, into synergistic combination with reiki healing. As a synergism of the parts, this expanded reiki method promises to supply the practitioner with a wide range of potent techniques.

Most Reiki practitioners will probably feel quite comfortable within the world of Rainbow Reiki. Lubeck is quite thorough in detailing both the history of Usui reiki and the development of rainbow reiki. The prerequisites for performing the techniques he offers are explained in great detail. As the reader moves forward through the text, she will find chapter after chapter rich with techniques, ranging from aura and crystal techniques to uses of mandalas and power vortices...and much, much more. Perhaps few will be able or inclined to use or master all that is offered in this book; but everyone is sure to come away from reading it with at least a few new practices to add to their repertoire.

The difficulties with Rainbow Reiki are minimal. Stylistically, Rainbow Reiki is written in a somewhat dry, academic tone that some readers may find difficult to endure. Nonetheless, perseverence will reap rewards for the diligent reader. The only other point of issue is that Reiki I practitioners may feel left out since most of the practices of the book are specifically directed for use by more advanced reiki practitioners. This need not be the case, however, if the Reiki I reader uses this book to spur them on to advancement to higher levels and as a means of familiarizing themselves with some of the practices that await them as they advance.

In conclusion, Rainbow Reiki, though moderately difficult to read, is well worth the effort for the sheer wealth of techniques so extensively explained in its pages. Few, if any, other books are available to explore the world of reiki and specifically rainbow reiki in such breadth and depth

This book is about Sophie. Sophie is a mouse (we can tell from the pictures, but not from the text) and she's very introverted. She's even too scared to talk to the freaking librarian. Gosh. She sits around her house and cleans a lot, watching the sun go up and down. Probably doesn't even have a TV.

One day, a dance school opens across the street. Sophie doesn't bother to shell out money for lessons and just learns how to dance by eavesdropping. I know she's too shy to actually go to the school and all, but is she allowed to listen without paying? I guess so.

By the time we're down to our last three pages of the book Sophie has mastered several dances on her own. But where the heck is Lou? I have no idea.

Then some stranger randomly comes up to her door asking to dance. How often does that happen? She dances with the stranger and finds out he's the Lou guy from the story's title and the book suddenly ends.

I would just call this book "Sophie."

My five year old saw this book reviewed on Reading Rainbow one week. Several weeks later she was still talking about it so I found it on Amazon and bought it. She absolutely loves it and we read it every night before we go to bed. It uses simple words and my daughter has started to memorize some of it. I highly recommend it to other parents.

My daughter, Sophie, loves this story not only because it is a beautiful story of Sophie the mouse finding happiness, but because it is filled with calming and interesting illustrations.

My five-year-old daughter just received this book as a gift three days ago, and we've already read it at least 25 times. I'm not sick of it yet! We both love the illustrations (so many little details to enjoy; they really add to the story) and the gently humorous tone.

The main character is someone who children can identify with and root for. Her will to seek out joy in spite of her crippling shyness is inspirational.

This is a beautiful love story, and we always end it with a happy sigh. I'll want a copy of my own, even after my daughter grows up, just to read when I need a smile and a little heart-glow.

Another in Petra Mathers' explorations of mental illness, here we get the tale of Sophie, a mouse with a severe anxiety disorder characterized by social phobia, hypervigilance with an extreme sensitivity to rejection. When a dance studio opens across the street, Sophie is initially perturbed by the intrusion into her safe little home base. But she wants to dance. She wants to be a part of it. Aware on some levels that the phobia is really a fear of the fear, she embarks on a journey of interoceptive exposure, first reading books about dance, no doubt employing visualization techniques. She works up the continuum of exposure, fairly rapidly, to the point where she is dancing in her house, shades open, watching from a distance and listening in to the instructions from across the street. Louie, a gentlemouse, knocks on the door and asks for a dance. Depending on your level of cynicism, Louie is either a predatory type who we realize has been stalking the vulnerable Sophie since the beginning of the book, or, he can be seen as a shy, benevolent mouse with a crush, who works up the nerve to ask Sophie for a dance. The latter is the preferable interpretation given that this is a kids' book, but unfortunately experience has taught me to be more suspicious of the former. Anyway, Sophie's self CBT treatment is put the test in this moment. She will either demonstrate successful desensitization, conquer her phobic avoidance, and dance off merrily with the kind mouse, or she will be overwhelmed by the challenge, flooded emotionally by this rapid acceleration in the continuum of exposure, with bodily sensations caused by panic feeding back into the cognitive distortions that further the panic.

Don't worry, it's for little kids. It's a sweet little happy ending, and a nice inspirational model for any of us who wish to conquer our fears. I think there could be an interesting sequel, where Sophie does some really good work in therapy, but her new found sense of self threatens her relationship with Louie, who has the need to maintain the role of rescuer within the relationship. Then a compassionate and wise owl will emerge in their lives and help Louie explore his repressed anger at his mother. Wait, maybe I'll write that story. Never mind. You can't have it, Petra, I said it here first, August 22, 2006, Marc Libman.

Five stars for a cute little story with nice illustrations, minus one star because I honestly don't know enough of Lou's back-story to keep from worrying about his intentions with the vulnerable Sophie.

I originally started this book for a book report in highschool, but I quickly found that it wasn't as dull as I thought it was going to be. This turned out to be my first lesson in, you can't always judge a book in the first 20 pages.

Altohugh the novel started out a bit slow, and occasionaly got lost in over whelming discription I found that I couldn't put it down. I wanted to see how Susan's adventures ended. I fell in love with her character as she was strong, and smart, and someone who never gave up without a fight. She follows her heart, and pursues the things that are important to her while she strives to do what she feels is right no matter what others might think or the danger that she might be in.

Susan Carlisle has lost both of her parents and is about to lose her home that is unless she comes up with enough money to pay off her father's debts! Susan schemes a cattle driver into coming and driving her sheep all the way out west to help payoff the money! You will like Susan because she is one spunky and determined girl! The adventures she goes though to get that money will make the book unable to be put down! As well as getting Clay Carmer a cattle drover to fall in love with her. Even though this book is told from two point's of view (Clay's and Susan's) this is probably a books girls would enjoy more than boys though it is easy for anyone to get hooked!

Susan a young girl who's parents have died in a buggie accident struggled to get money from selling her sheep in california to pay back the debt on her house and the land.

I think that Walking Up a Rainbow is a very good book.It was an excellent story of a young girl as she faces the dangers and wonders of the western trail.It has a lot of excitment in it and the charaters are fantastic!You have not afraid of anything,won't be stopped by anyone,this is my home I'm going to defend it Susan and the outgoing yet careful,out for new ideas Mrs.Dessery.While all of the action is happening you also have a love story in the makings.The brillant Clay who saves the day more than once.I just think that it is a great book and I strongly suggest you take time and read it.

This was an excellent book and I recommend this book to anyone who wants a bit of spicy romance, and adventure. I loved Susan's cocky and witty personality. All the characters are extremely interesting and the humor is funny. You'd love Clay Carmer, the Texas cowboy and how he saves Susan from being raped. Please you HAVE to read this book!

Although some of the author's numbers are by now a bit obsolete after 7 years, the criticism of all religions is now valid more than ever before. After all, the Islamic suicide attackers of the WTC and the suicide bombers in Israel do it in the name of Allah and religious misinformation and extremism. Is their Allah not the same God as the Christian and Jewish God? As an atheist/humanist I do not agree with any religion, although I can tolerate them as long as they do not dictate their "morals" to me. Religions only divide the world and have brought little or nothing to the world in the past and today, other than death and destruction, hatred and distrust towards other believers and non-believers. This book should be read by all who question their own religion and have some basic interest in the advancement of sciences. Some of the scientific theories listed in this title have become reality in the meantime....

The title of this book has been changed at least once as evidensed by the sticker over the old title. I believe the title should be changed one more time and the book moved into another category. The "an agnostic's view" portion should be changed to something like "An UFO theorists view". I agree with most of the writers opinion but felt that I was simply reading an unqualified opinion. The few pages actual dedicated to Astronomy were interesting and showed me more proof on the lacking knowledge of the religious beginings. Anyone believing aliens played a hand in mans beginings or would like to learn more on this theory, should definately give this book a try.

science made easy for everybody written by an amateur scientist. His observations of contradictory religious teachings by all major religions are an eyeopener for anyone who already has some doubts about what is being taught about religion and what is misinforming the masses in over fifty countries in the world visited by the author. A must to read.

the new sub-title "An Agnostic's View" describes the contents much better and should have been used in the first place.

the author provides a very simple introduction to basic sciences easy to comprehend, specializes on astronomy and compares scientific reality with religions fiction, based on ancient often contradictory teachings. He provides details of the devastating effects of religious teachings in may of over 50 countries he visited. excellent reading for all frethinkers, agnostics atheists and non-religious readers.He introduces his reasoning why some of the religious teachings are impossible and how many people had to suffer because they could not accept one or the other religion .

One of those better historical romance novels that keep the pages turning. It's my first book from Victoria Lynne. I was craving for more but she wrote so few novels.

After the 2 previous reviews, I'm not going to elaborate on this. I just want to say that recently I bought a batch of books which all received glowing 5-stars reviews but this is the only one that lives up to expectation. After so many romances and historicals, I find the plots are hackneyed and overused but it is the writing skills of the writers which make the difference between good and bad, corny or refreshing. Victoria Lynne is a terrific story-teller. It is such pleasure to read this fast-moving, funny and captivating romance.

Read this book and learn about yourself, 'nuff said.

If you loved the ONLY series by Elizabeth Lowell, LAST TRUE COWBOY by Kathleen Eagle and the WEDDING RAFFLE by Geralyn Dawson, you'll love Victoria Lynne's CHASING RAINBOWS. Jake Moran, a gorgeous gambler wanted out East for murder, agrees to escort Outlaw Annie to a town where he's sure he can clear his name. Annie has never trusted men too much and at first the two of them circle each other like a pair of wrestlers. But soon the trust starts - the LUST starts long before that! Annie is innocent in the ways of love but brave and fearless otherwise. Jake just never knows what hit him - he's nuts about Annie even before he can admit it to himself. I really, really enjoyed this book. If you love Romance set in the Wild, wild West - this story is for you!

Since the back cover description is already given on this page, I'll skip straight to my review:

This book was very enjoyable. It was my first try of Victoria Lynne's writing, and I was impressed. I like western romances, but there are just sooo many of them out there that they start to all sound the same. Not so with CHASING RAINBOWS. Victoria Lynne has breathed new life into what could have been a tired plotline with her wonderful characters.

The character were what made this story so good. I thought that they would be cliched. After all, we have the woman who dresses like man, as well as being able to ride and shoot as well as one. We have the gunslinging gambling hero who can outdraw anyone in the west. But they were all so much more than that. Lynne's characters quickly became real people as the book progressed. They were flawed, but not so overly flawed as to be unlikeable. That's a difficult feat for an author to achieve, and I applaud Lynne for a job well done.

She also gave a very good feel of frontier history without having it ever feel like a textbook. Her historical background was just that--the background. The main focus of this book was always the romance, which is just as it should be.

I also liked that lust wasn't the only thing that was drawing the hero and heroine together. Oh, they were sexually attracted to each other, all right, but there was so much more than that. They didn't just rush into bed together. They changed from adversaries to lovers so subtly that it was pure magic for the reader to watch it happen. And while there started out as adversaries, there was none of that "I hate you, come here so I can boink your brains out" nonsense that I find so distasteful in so many historical romances.

The only drawbacks to this story was that the "I love you"s were a very, very, loooooong time in coming. Instead, the author used a Big Misunderstanding to keep them apart. I generally don't like this plot device, but Lynne handled it so well that it was only a minor complaint.

I am a VERY picky reader (see my other reviews if you don't believe me), but I had no trouble finishing this book. I will be on the lookout for other books by Lynne. While I don't think CHASING RAINBOWS is a keeper book, it's still a very enjoyable read, and I do recommend it.

Uncle Nacho's old hat is no longer serving him very well. His neice, Ambrosia, presents him with a new hat, but ridding himself of his old hat is not so easy. The story is simple and profound at the same time. Written in both English and Spanish (the story is adapted from a Nicaraguan folktale), the book is not only very enjoyable in its own right, but contributes to the learning of a second language if you speak either Spanish or English.

I am grateful that bilingual children's books are being written. Uncle Nacho's Hat introduces children to beautiful magical folklore and exposes them to talented artist, Simon Silva. I have started a small collection of books published by Children's Book Press for my nephew and son. These books are a tool for me to preserve our language and culture.

Delightful parable about change. When given a gift of a new hat, Uncle Nacho discards his old one. Everyone seeing the old onw recognizes it as Uncle Nacho's and returns it to him. The story appears in both English and delightful Spanish.

The book I am doing is called Uncle Nacho's Hat by Harriet Rohmer. It is really funny. Hear is how it goes.

The book is about this man named Uncle Nacho. That has a cat, dog, parrot and a monkey. But he has a hat that is very old and full of holes. And one day his niece Ambrosia stopped by for a visit before she went to school. She got Uncle Nacho a new hat. But uncle nacho did not know what to do with his old one. He tried to put it in the street. He put it by the super market. But people kept on returning the old hat. So he threw it in the trash can and he went outside to show the people and everyone said he look very handsome in his new hat.

The message of this book is to buy a new hat when your old one is full of holes.
My opinion is that uncle Nacho can talk Spanish and English. So can his niece Ambrosia.

I like this book. At the end all kinds of people like uncle Nacho's new hat. I would like to recommend this book because it was funny and cool.

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in quality latino literature. The other two books I read and highly recommend are DRUM, CHAVI, DRUM! (by Cuban author Mayra L. Dole) and TRINOS CHOICE (by chicana author Diane Bertrand).

L.A. Homicide detective Rick Dover steps into a bigger mess than he ever thought possible when his partner, Stretch, is murdered with a car bomb. At first, Dover thinks it was a horrible one-car accident. Still, as he looks deeper into the mystery, he realizes that it could only be murder. But who would murder his partner? What cases were they working on that might drive someone to plant a bomb in Stretch's car? As he follows the trails of evidence and intuition, he learns that his partner's death is a result of something far more nefarious, frightening, and ...... deadly!
Dover's quest for justice is shared by his new partner, Falcon, and by Stretch's widow, Terri. All three characters will see their lives changed by their brush with evil, as their struggles for justice - and survival - grow ever more harrowing.
This is an excellent first novel in what promises to be an exciting and intriguing series. I can't wait for the next installment!

Rick Dover, a homicide detective, is determined to find the killers when his friend and partner is killed in a mysterious car wreck. He begins his chase with the confusing clue BLACKFLASH, a word taped to a card on his partner's computer. As he discovers dangerous evidence, Rick Dover must use his wits and police savvy to unravel the complicated mystery. The author, Mark Bouton, has a knack for compelling suspense and a fast pace that will keep readers turning the pages. Readers will appreciate the references to old-time movies and the use of delightful metaphors. This 5 star whodunit is a thrill ride for all mystery fans.

Mark Bouton writes books that move at a pace that makes it difficult to stop reading for the night. The plot of "Cracks in the Rainbow" is especially relevant in today's world, and written in language that captures the heart of the cultures involved in the story.

The story is so well crafted that even when I realized the identity of the bad guys I couldn't figure out how detective Rick Dover could put together a case against them, but then discovered there were clever plot twists yet to come.

It's clear that Bouton draws from his career as an FBI agent for his descriptions of detailed police work - it's fascinating to walk with him through the procedures. He's one of those writers whose next book is eagerly awaited.

Trust me on this one, if you like detective mysteries, police procedurals, movies, fast action, 3-D Characters, a read that keeps your brain scrambling to put the puzzle pieces together, trivia or all of the above, this book is for you. In a world full of books, very few stand out as true gems. This one delivers on all accounts.

Mark Bouton is to the detective mystery genre the way film noir is to the movies. Think Dirty Harry meets Lethal Weapon meets Mike Hammer, and you're on your way to catching the ride of your life on mystery's highway. The book literally zings through your hands with all the visual and explosive whomp of an action-packed movie, while the pages seem to turn themselves.

Bouton is definitely in a thrilling and temptingly unique class of his own. This is his second book and he just keeps getting better and better. With characters who reach out and whisper their very thoughts in your ears, cutting-edged excitement and enough celluloid references to make any film aficionado smile, there's no way you can put this one down until the very end. His FBI experience puts comes in handy, just putting that extra coat of polish on a great read. This book is one ride you can enjoy over and over again.

Anne Barringer

In Southern California, police detective Stretch drives to inform his partner Rick Dover what he has frighteningly learned on his own time when his Bronco exploded and went over the cliff. Officially it looks like Stretch took a turn to fast, but Rick has problems with this scenario because his friend was too good a driver who had driven this relatively mild curve many times. The autopsy reveals an anomaly that does not fit a gas explosion; the victim's testicles were blown away. Rick enlists an ATF pal Harsha to look at the remains of the vehicle and the accident scene. Harsha concludes a bomb was timed for Stretch to go over the edge.

Rick and his new partner Falcon begin finding evidence that Stretch was working on a dangerous case by himself. They find FBI documents on Stretch's computer and a hidden taped card with one word BLACKFLASH. Soon the cops, the Feds, and others will collide with no one expected to walk away unscathed.

Though why the victim pursued his investigation without the aid of his capable trustworthy partner seems a stretch, fans will appreciate this fabulous police procedural that step by step uncovers why the detective was murdered starting with proving a homicide occurred. The story line is cleverly devised so that readers see how the case begins with Rick's doubts that soon mushroom into a wild frenzied skirmish in which so called friendly fire might kill the hero. Mark Bouton provides a pleasurable who-done-it.

Harriet Klausner

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie is a well-written piece of historical fiction based on Abbie Burgess' own accounts and other historical sources. This information is provided in the note by the authors at the beginning of the book. All incidences appear to be very representative of the life of the time depicted. Abbie's character is developed well. The reader is able to see that Abbie is a strong young girl who does not want to let her family, especially her father, down. She faces the conflict of person vs. self and also person vs. nature is evident in the book. The theme evident in the book is bravery and strength. Abbie had to be brave to keep the lights lit. She needed the strength to overcome her fears and to live up to her father's expectations. The illustrations were beautiful watercolors that set the mood of the story.

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This story is about a real girl who rises to meet a challenge that would frighten any adult. My kindergartner now holds this book near/dear as she sees it as a model of courage/bravery to aspire to. Even more exciting is that this story is based upon a real event in a real girl's life.

This book gives you an idea of what it was like to operate a lighthouse in the mid 1800's. Sure doesn't sound fun. In that sense the book is very educational, and it give hero status to a deserving individual that most people have never heard of. The only real flaw it has is in the format of its printing. I can't tell where one paragraph starts and another ends, so if I were trying to narrate this thing I would have a hard time knowing where to stop and start as far as the vocal intonation goes. I also think the introduction gives away the whole story on the first page, so it should really be put at the end of the book.

I remember watching this book on Reading Rainbow when I was little and I had to have it. I got the Audio casatte and Loved it I recommmed this book to anyone! Highy!!

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie is a well-written piece of historical fiction based on Abbie Burgess' own accounts and other historical sources. This information is provided in the note by the authors at the beginning of the book. All incidences appear to be very representative of the life of the time depicted. Abbie's character is developed well. The reader is able to see that Abbie is a strong young girl who does not want to let her family, especially her father, down. She faces the conflict of person vs. self and also person vs. nature is evident in the book. The theme evident in the book is bravery and strength. Abbie had to be brave to keep the lights lit. She needed the strength to overcome her fears and to live up to her father's expectations. The illustrations were beautiful watercolors that set the mood of the story.