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With so many reviews detailing the contents of this book, I only add that it is worth the price new but still easy to find used. A must have in any Tank library. You will find so many vehicle's that you never even dreamed existed , that alone makes this book indispensable.Of course if you have heard of it it will be in here. Great pictures, so many that the authors ran out of space and crammed them in the front and back pages with footnotes.ENJOY! Great just for a leaf through for any odd hour or two.

I seen German tanks in this book I've never heard of. It is a definite addition to any WW2 historians collection .

This book remains one of the best sources of reference regarding German military vehicles during the Second World War. However, it should not be mistaken like some of the previous reviewers that this book is some sort of history book on the German forces. If anyone wishes to read how well the Panther or a Tiger did in combat, read else where. This book remains a data reference source. In this book, you will find all you ever want to find on the technical military data of all individual German military vehicles and their different model types. I found the information to be highly useful in almost every usage I get out of it, as a historian, wargamer, modeller and even as a film reviewer.

The book claims to be a definitive book on the German military vehicles and for once, this is not an over hype. It would be hard to find another book which hold this much information and data on all the individual German military vehicles as this. I would considered this book as one of the mandatory books in any World War II historian's library.

(In clarification, this book covered all the combat vehicles which served with the German military. It doesn't covered vehicles like Schwimmwagen or Kubelwagen or regular army truck.)

buy this book!!! This is a must for anyone intrested in german armoured warfare. The pictures, the technical details - everything is covered, from A to Z. Amazing work by the authors.

The book gives a great account of all AFV in the German inventory. The short comings of the book are evident in the lack of color photographs and information regarding how the unit was used/performed in battle.

This is an interesting book. It's title is misleading, it has nothing to do with NHB, it is geared entirely to no gi submission grappling with no thoughts given to striking offense or defense. The author has no grappling competition experience, and it shows in the glaring holes and errors in his technique.

Basically, this would be a good book if you had no access to a real instructor, good Brazilian jiu jitsu books or tapes. There are a lot of technical flaws with the techniques he shows that would get them defeated by anyone with any grappling experience.

EX: His sidemount control section shows a wrestling style sidemount, with his hips high and away from his partner. Leaving his partner more than enough room to get a knee through to put him in guard. He does show how to prevent a person from getting guard, but his opponent is attempting to do this from flat on his back instead of a shrimp position. Basically, his defense worked on someone with no clue how to do it. A brazilian jiu jitsu student with more than a months experience wouldn't be stopped by this.

His guard section shows him laying flat on his back, which is one of the first things you are taught to NOT do in both Judo and brazilian jiu jitsu. His in guard position is the sprawl, which leaves you unable to move to defend any submission or sweep attempts, and leaves you open to being choked, armlocked and having your back taken. Oddly enough, he doesn't use this position at all in his guard passing section. He uses a standard in guard postition, but doesn't go into details on it.

His takedown section shows a double leg takedown. He bends at the waist when he hits his partner at waist height. This would get you sprawled one by anyone with more than a months experience. It also makes lifting your opponent harder by making your back do most of the work in a good morning type motion, instead of getting underneath your opponent in a proper penetration step and lifting with your legs.
His high single leg attempt again has him bending forward and reaching for the leg, instead of penetrating into your opponent and taking the leg. His method is simple to defeat by simply stepping back, or pushing on him.
His throws make no mention of the kuzushi (off balancing) needed to make them work properly, and he has a LOT of space between himself and his opponent for his opponent to counter or escape.

His submission section has a lot of errors in it as well. Most of them are sloppy, with a lot of space in them for counters and escapes.

Basically, the book looks like he taught himself to grapple from books or poor videos so that he didn't pick up on the details that make things work well and never had the opportunity to try them out against skilled grapplers so that he could fix his mistakes.

Overall, this book has so many technical errors and problems with it that I highly recommend AGAINST it. Anyone buying this book without the benefit of proper grappling instruction will have many errors in their game that they won't know how to fix. Anybody with proper grappling instruction will catch the errors in the book and not learn anything new.

There are many books on the market today written by world class grapplers and trainers showing the techniques that they use against world class competition. I would recommend getting one written by an accomplished grappler, and not this one.

mark hatmaker did it again. another very good book on NHB. mark is a credible author who can share his knowledge easily and practical. a 5 star rating was given for a very good author and NHB practitioner. hoping for more books to come

Mark Hatmaker is an intelligent, articulate teacher of western fighting disciplines. I got so much from this book that I ordered the others in the series as well. Although it is a good overview and introduction to various techniques for beginners, Mark covers enough of the details and nuances to make the information useful to experienced grapplers as well. He conveys the information effectively in written format, and his videos are good, too.

This book has lots of information for the self-taught. This is the sort of book the beginner would find useful. It has those basic techniques everybody has seen in MMA fights, as well as drills and advices to correctly apply them. I immediately bought the other books of the series and found them very good too.

And being tiny helps taking them to the training if needed.

I wish there were more books about submission wrestling like this one and I had not wasted my money in books about "BJJ mind sets" or Sprague's grappling for real life situations...

Grappling in MMA is about efficiency and simplicity. Hatmaker is one of those very few 'intellectual' instructors. He isn't as physically gifted as some others and has really studied to get to where he is. This is obvious in his videos, and in this book.

Hatmaker shows basic, high percentage techniques that work. More importantly he shows how string together to create sequences. As I said, MMA is about simplicity. These high percentage techniques work in the fast paced, sweaty environment of MMA. Some of the techniques might be considered a little eager by some standards (eg. Neck Cranks) but are legal in MMA and fair game in the street, as well.

Additionally, Hatmaker's methods are a useful changeup from the usual BJJ based grappling instructionals. Hatmaker weaves the efficiency of Jiu Jitsu with the more physical wrestling base that is so effective in MMA. And, he does it well.

This book is a simple and effective introduction to grappling for MMA and the street. Especially for those who already know how to strike. Hatmaker's materials have certainly helped me in MMA, Brasilian Jiu Jitsu and Submission Wrestling.

This makes a good refresher book before taking the IIS 4 exam.

One of the last books I read before taking the test. Contains lots of great tidbits and memory joggers. Overall a good resource.

you canot go wrong buying this book , for its a complete memory refresh for all what you studied before , it's perfect for 48-24 hours befor exam , but don't get mixed up , its only holds Half or less of what you need for IIS prometric or info exams , I don't know about other exams , but for those two exams you can only use this book as away to gather your thoughts and information, amd will only work if you already prepared for the exam and only need to make shore of your self .

This book did a good job of giving an overview of topics covered on the exam. It's hard to believe that other reviewers could pass this exam on the strength of only this book. The format of the book is a little choppy, but the content is more thorough than any other "cram" type book out there. I think they went a little overboard on the scripting aspects of IIS. It's good for the real world, but the exam won't get so detailed. Buy this book and read it right before the exam is my recommendation.

Far and away, this is the best book on the market today for this exam. I had only been working with IIS for a short time when I bought this book, studied, and passed the certification exam.

To be honest, I was disappointed by this book. Dean's first book, Ultramarathon Man was a quick, but very inspiring, read - I actually re-read that book when I need a motivational boost / my training is lagging behind. While 50/50 does have some inspiring pages, the majority are pretty bland to be honest. I would recommend just checking this out at the library - you'll donate your copy if you decide to buy it after the first read.

I had never heard of Dean before I saw his book browsing in the bookstore. As an avid runner my curiosity was piqued when I saw that someone had actually run 50 marathons in fifty days in fifty states. I had to see how he pulled it off.

I really enjoyed the book and the story. Dean is quite the character and I found his persistence to succeed pretty inspiring. The book is good for two reasons. It tells a good story about the event and it is full of great advice. I think it would be good for runners at all levels to read - and for those contemplating on weather or not they should start - I highly recommend it. You'll be out running before you finish it!

One reason I gave this book a four and not a five. Sorry Dean, but I don't buy that you ran from New York to the Mississippi right after you completed this event. It's the cynic in me - but I think the last few pages of the book were BS....

Reviewed by Reina Santana for Reader Views (11/08)

Dean Karnazes will inspire anyone to get out and run. In this book, he shares how he completed fifty marathons in fifty days. His stories made me feel as if I was part of a ¡°running family.¡± Dean¡¯s writing style is friendly and informative; it made me feel confident about my running goals. Running a marathon no longer seems like a far-fetched dream, but a doable goal that I can reach if I don¡¯t give up and I¡¯m willing to work hard.

Dean shares valuable tips on how to become a better runnerþu the practical advice is perfect for anyone. He taught me that it was okay to adapt and change my workout routine to reach optimum performance, because what works for one person may not always work for me. I love the running, nutrition, and apparel tips that are sprinkled throughout the book, and was pleasantly surprised to find a ¡°Beginner¡¯s Marathon-Training Plan¡± and a ¡°Personal-Best Marathon Training Plan¡± at the end of the book. I was also impressed by the overall message to work hard and focus on running as an enjoyable activity. From now on, I will set goals, but will not forget to have fun as I work hard to achieve them.

¡°50/50: Secrets I Learned Running 50 Marathons in 50 Days þu and How You Too Can Achieve Super Endurance!¡± by Dean Karnazes will aid and inspire runners of all abilities.

Likely you saw Dean Karnazes on the news promoting his 50 marathons in 50 days. I remember watching him thinking "is this guy crazy?" For the majority of us, completing even one marathon would be a lifelong goal achieved. Here this guy is looking to do not one or two runs in a season but 50 without even a day of rest. Like many people, I wondered why this person would even trey such a feat. In fact, was it even possible?

So when I got a chance to review 50/50, I jumped at the chance. By some standards, Dean Karnazes is a little abnormal. I say so, mostly because of his ability to endure 50 days of traveling, running a marathon, being interviewed, and then traveling again before getting only a few hours sleep. Just keeping the body going at that pace would be difficult enough. Add in some jet lag, a cold, and a scary fall. It's pretty amazing.

What I liked most about this story is that this man seemed like a real person. He's definitely more athletic and driven than most people but all of us have the ability to make better choices and push ourselves just a bit more than we thought possible. Absolutely inspiring.

How this man is not a dull boring freak I don't know, but he's not. He writes in a light hearted, easy to take in way about an enterprize that is plainly incredibly tough. Like his earlier book about running at night, this is detailed enough if you are after info, but dramatic and enjoyable about his epic journey too. It just never tires-rather like him! He is like a Duracell bunny to those of you who watch adverts on English TV. Good Job, Deano!

Quick and easy to read. Full of short stories that help athletes gain perspective into building a stronger mental game.

Don't be fooled, this book isn't just for athletes. The author includes dozens of quotations and bits of wisdom from various top performers. The book is divided into quick, readable chapters (each about 4-5 pages long) and can easily be read within a few sittings. I personally read one chapter at a time so I could let the knowledge sink into my head and reflect upon it.

The book contains tons of great advice for anyone that wants to excel to the top of his or her field. Definitely one of my top books of 2008!

If you want to read an inspiring book on the power of the mind in sports, then this book is for you. It is not too packed with information, but it underlines many of the important points in mental coaching. Great stories and examples make it an uplifting read. The only thing missing was a step-by-step instruction guide to mind management - practice makes perfect.

a solid read, but i was expecting a book that got more into the intricacies of sports psychology, but this book seems to focus more on your thinking off the court then on it.

I have read several books on the mental game in sports and this is by far the best. I work with collegiate and professional athletes and recommend this so often that Gary Mack should send me a commission!!!

Excellent book. You can relate to the writer, he has a food sence of humor while still giving you important information on how to run and the runners lifestyle.

I recently returned this book because I have the book "Courage to Start" by the same author John Bingham. I felt like I was reading "Courage to Start" all over again just a different title.

The book is good and I like all the fun stuff that Mr. Bingham writes in this book - I was laughing a lot and I could relate to a lot of things that is in this book.

It really does give you a good motivation jump start but it did not give me anything new from what "Courage to Start" did.

If you have "Courage to Start" and you need some additional information re-read the book. If you do not have "Courage to Start" this would be a good book for you.

I was NEVER an athlete. I started walking before I turned 40. Walking got boring after a while and I decided to add a bit of jogging to the walk. I purchased this book on the recommendation of a friend. It was fantastic! Funny, motivational, and inspirational. It's been 2 years now and I'm still running and looking forward to a half-marathon in my future! I bought this book as gifts for others who wanted to start running and they loved it too.

No Need for Speed is just a recap of his earlier book, The Courage to Start. Unlike The Courage to Start, No Need for Speed has two whole pages of actual useful running advice, as well as a handy 12 week training program (again, two pages).

So, this book really only has four pages of new, relevant material. I'm not sure it's worth buying. Check and see if your local library has a copy.

Bottom-line...if you're out of shape and always dreamed of running, but could never figure out how to begin, then this is the book for you. John is kind, gentle, honest, and he gives all the right information to feed your motivation, no matter how far back in your mind and heart it may be.

If you read to learn, then jump the wall to get
"Running Through The Wall."
With a host of authors all writing of personal encounters with trails, the book continues to inform and teach long after you've squeezed the cost out of it.
Ultra Runners keep pushing the envelope on methods, tricks-of-the-trade improvements, that increase the odds of one finishing or even medaling an ultradistance race. And here, in neat readable book form, are those tips, tricks, and tales -- no secrets are held back.
I keep this book handy as it is impossible not to get lost in the stories, forty or so, that have you right along side the ultra runner combating the devils on the trail . . . all of those devils working to make failure the victor over achievement. You learn how these ultrathoners overcome challenges to win; perhaps not the race, but the life experience.
Phillip Gary Smith, author, ULTRA SUPERIOR

I have just started on the adventure of long-distance and ultrarunning and was in need of some motivational reading material. And this book is it!

The accounts of these ultrarunners - ranging from housewives, mother of 3, accident survivors, people you can relate to - is both motivational and inspirational.

If reading their stories about the joys and hardships of running ultra events don't get you to put on your running shoes and get out there, nothing will!

When the going gets tough on my long runs now and I need encouragement to continue, I recall some of these stories and remember what made those particular runners persevere no matter.

Excellent book!

As a newborn runner without any experience from running ultras or any friends that do, reading this book is like sitting round the camp fire and listening to all these seasoned ultra runners telling their stories. It gives you a taste of what one can go through when pushing ones body and mind to and through the barrier (or wall) of human endurance. It also shows you that almost anyone can do it if they set their mind to it.
It made me decide to give ultra a shot!

Most of the essays in this book are wonderfully written. I can only think of one or two that were poorly written and not exhilirating. This book is absolutely inspiring, and has inspired me to want to run an ultra myself. Of course, never having been in any race in my entire life, I have to run a marathon first, which I will be doing in October.

I love the fact that such a diverse group of people were called upon to contribute to this book. The diversity of it is definitely its strongest suit.

I am just getting into marthathons, but see myself running at least a 50 miler. This book is great for giving you real people's experiences with ultras. You truly get a taste of the good, the bad, and the ugly. You begin to understand that you can do far more than you think you can. I also learned from this book that you must have dogged tanacity toward your goals. It also gave me a different perspective while I was training for my marathon (which I just ran my first this past weekend - the 07 Flying Pig in Cincinnati). I saw it as just a step toward my ultras instead of an end in itself.

Not what I expected at all. Less auto-biographical and more how to set goals and achieve in life.

I was looking for something that got behind the public persona of Michael Johnson ... but this was touched on only a little with no real insight into Michael Johnson the man. I managed to read this book cover-to-cover in about 2 hours.

If you want a good introduction on setting goals and motivation then by all means buy this book.

First, this is a self-help book. Why is Michael Johnson writing a self-help book rather than just writing about what he knows and about his life experiences? I don't know. Johnson is not an expert on living life. He is an expert on running fast. The best part of the book is near the end when he talks more about his quest for the 200/400 double gold in Atlanta, rather than pontificating on life in general.

Second, the book is not very well-written. It has lines like, "I don't play much golf, but they tell me as you get better it gets harder to improve your score. All things in life are like that. (That's a paraphrase, not a direct quote.) So...if all things are like that, why pick an example you know nothing about? Most of the book has this contrived feeling to it.

Johnson also repeatedly pounds the same points about how hard you have to work and how you need to set goals etc. He uses the same examples over and over for life goals, including losing weight, getting a A in school, selling a lot of cars or carpets, or "being a successful businessperson". He tends to think pretty small outside of the realm of track. Is he incapable of imagining any nobler goal than these mundane examples? Things along the lines of contributing to our scientific knowledge, creating art, starting a charity, or inventing something useful to mankind never show up in the book. Or how about just mentoring a kid or cleaning up a park? Johnson constantly talks about approaching your personal best, yet he is unable to consider anything as successful unless it is quantified. For him, accomplishment is either winning something or getting money. It has to be measurable. You even see traces of this attitude when he talks about interpersonal relationships.

Johnson states that when he doesn't think he can beat the best in the world any more, he will retire rather than continue to compete, because someone who hangs around past his prime and can't win any more is pathetic. That doesn't sound to me like someone who competes for the love of the sport. I'm no expert myself, but I'm pretty sure there's more to life than winning.

Most athletes dont write their own stuff by themselves. Usually they have a professional writer help them out be cause most athletes, (and im not trying to be judgemental against athletes, im an athletes myself) aren't as good writers as others are. And i'm sure Michael Johnson did have help in rearanging certain grammatical errors and reorganizing the structure of his book, but overall it is a book that Michael Johnson wrote himself. It is one of the very few books that you can say written by a man who is not a writer that you can say "WOW" too. This wonderflly done piece of literature is a great read for student athletes and yound men and women who are aspiring to become something great in whatever profession they are in.

I would also like to say something about the author of the very terribly written review about Michael Johson. First of all, do not pay any attention to the review for it almost doesn't represent the book in any way. These reviews are meant to be a review of the book, not anything else. secondly, if any thinks Michael Johnson faked his hamstring pull, you should take a good look at the athletic doctors report on Michaels injury during the 150 meter race between Donovan Bailey. It will say that there was definate "tearing" in the muscle. Don't make pre-conceived ideas about an athlete who injures him/herself.

Michael Johnson is not only an athlete, but an intellectual as well. He spells out how it took him six years to improve his 200 meter race 1.7 seconds. What is 1.7 seconds? It is the difference from being a good athlete and a world class athlete. This book teaches everyone how to improve themselves in order to achieve their dreams, whether it is in athletics, business, or education. I read this book in a matter of hours, it is a quick read and has invaluable insight into how to slay your dragon--a term Michael coins referring to how to reach your goals. If you have a dream and want to reach it, but have fallen short of victory, this is a must read.

I am a high school English teacher and plan to use bits of this book in my classroom to help my students learn to establish goals and achieve them.

I HIGHLY recommend this book.

When I bought the book at a used book store, I had no idea what it was like. I just wanted a book for my 13 year-old son to read and maybe enjoy. We had been to the '96 Games and had seen the 200M race so I thought he could relate even though my son hates to run. I had him read a few pages out loud each day so I could hear his pronounciation but within a few days I began to realize what this book has to offer. I also noticed a change taking place in my son as he read the words. I really can't do justice to the book but I can tell you the message Michael Johnson has for young people has the power to change lives. I am grateful to Mr Johnson for what he has given my son.

I really enjoyed Homecoming, Dicey's song, and A Solitary Blue, so I was expecting to enjoy the story of one of my favorite characters. Boy was i disappointed. It started out with hope, but after she was kicked out of the dance camp i found her prejudiced, quick to judge, and paranoyed.
Just because one person of a type is awful does not mean that everyone is. That is the definition of prejudice, judging everyone of a group from one person. I have had bad experiences with people from all sorts of nationalities. Just because one of them might have been Irish, or hispanic, or african american doesn't mean that everyone else in that group is like that. That's like judging someone by whether they have pierced ears, or like that.
I found Mina in this book the opposite from the Dicey point of view books. Instead of being warm, confident, funny, and intelligent, I found her being foolish in her judging of people by their race, and paranoyed that everyone was prejudiced against her, when actually she was the only one thinking of race.
I think that Mina was embodying the exact thing she was so in hatred of. Prejudice against people because of their race, except she was prejudiced against caucasians. It was a very irritating premise, and I worry that it might have ruined the others in the Tillerman cycle. Please think twice before reading this book, if you too had the same idea of Mina as I used to. Come A Stranger is sure to ruin it.

The book I read is called Come a Stranger. It is about an African American girl named Mina. Mina loves to do ballet and she even gets a scholarship to go to a really good dance academy over the summer. Mina has a blast and can't wait to go back next summer. In fact she can't stop thinking about it and her friends are getting mad, because they think she's bragging quite a bit. Next summer she goes there and seems to have trouble doing easy things. Later the instructor takes her aside and tells her she is growing up uncoordinated and must leave now. A man named Tamer Shipp, the summer minister, comes to pick her up and they soon become good friends. Tamer tells Mina of a man called Bullet Tillerman and how prejudice Bullet was. Next year at school a girl named Dicey Tillerman is there and Mina tries and later succeeds to be her friend. Mina also takes up tennis and they must advance her because she's so good. That is my summery of Come a Stranger.

I think the theme of this book is not to be prejudice. Mina is always thinking about how people must hate her, because she's black. She often feels she's limited and that is very sad. Prejudice is a strong theme in this book and is a wonderful one too.

This is a great book, because the author uses a lot of figurative language, like she looked as graceful as a swan as she danced. This book has very interesting details that really help you picture her dance teacher's garage converted into a studio. The way Cynthia uses the details really brings life to the book. One thing Cynthia Voigt could have done was included a little more exposition at the beginning of the book. Maybe she could have told about Mina's family, life, school, friends, and house more.

The genre of this book is Realistic Contemporary Fiction. I know this, because this could happen, but it didn't. I would rate this book a 9 out of 10, because it was good, but needed a better expository. Also it took me a while to truly get "hooked."


Book By: Cynthia Voigt
Report By: Larissa

Mina Smiths is a young African American girl who hopes to become a dancer. Although talented, when she begins puberty, she finds the once-easy moves difficult, and she is sent home from an all-white summer ballet camp for this reason. Through her friendship with a black neighbor and his family, she begins to grapple with issues of racism as well as coming of age. In school, she befriends a white girl, whose family has ties to her neighbor's past. Mina is a strong, assertive heroine whose triumphs and struggles are interesting and endearing.

the book was really intersting and i really liked how Mina (themain character) deals with social issues and problems through out her life. I think that meeting Diecy was a good start for her and i think that by the end of the book she feels more self-confident and really proud of what she has achieved, but one thing i didnt like from the book was the part near the ending whn she meets the boy. I think it was cheezy but the last pargraph was really meaningful and well written

This book was really great!*!*! I was hooked from the beginning to the end. I was quezey all through the book. Would they survive with less than 20 bucks? Will they ever find their mother? read the book to find out and you won't be sorry.!!

I was probably about 9 when I first read this book and I immediately loved it. I have no idea what made me decide to read it, as I had no experience with adoption and it doesn't seem like the type of thing I was reading at the time. Perhaps it was because it was by Lowry and I'd already fallen in love with some of her other books (The Giver, Number the Stars).

I was absolutely fascinated by this book. I was constantly borrowing it from the library until my parents bought me my own copy when I was in 8th grade. Honestly, I was convinced that there would be a note in the front confiding that *I* had been adopted, but no.

At that young age I would have never imagined that several years later I would be in the position to make the difficult decision of placing my own child for adoption. Funny how things work out.

Unlike the story, I am so grateful that my son will always know of his adoption and of the love his birthfather and I have for him. We've thought of him every day for the past 6 years, and we'll be here with open arms if and when he wishes to meet us.

It's been 16 years now since I first read this book and it still has a special place on my shelf and in my heart.

i loved this book it was very good. The beging was kinda boring but it got better in the middle. It was great!I think this book reflects on people our own age because it tells about a girl named Natalie Arnstrong who looks for her real parents becasue she was addopted.!Also getting ready for college! She has 3 friends that they tell about the most in the book, And they are,Gretchen Zimmerman,Becy(who they never tell what hher last name is),And her boyfriend Paul.Natalie was addopted. And so was her litle sister.But over the summer before college Natalie wants to go on a trip. The trip is to find her REAL parents. Her addopted parents don't know why but she does. i think u hsould read more about this book to find out the rest! But over all this book was great.
k.h

Lois Lowry is a great author! She has taken a common plot and put colorful characters into the story which makes you want to keep reading all the way to the end. Natalie's journey is so compelling and you want to see her succeed in her efforts but not be disappointed. Everytime I read a book by Ms. Lowry she grabs ahold of my attention and keeps me thinking about the book all through the day.

What would you do if you found out that your mother wasn't your birth mother?
In Lois Lowry's, Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye, Natalie Armstrong decides to answer that question. Natalie has beauty, intelligence, a great boyfriend, and a wonderful family, but her search for her birth mother sends her into a welter of emotions.
The main character of this story is Natalie Armstrong, whose mother, father, and sister are Kay, Alden, and Nancy Armstrong. This story takes place in many places because of Natalie's search, but in Maine and New York in about 1969.
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye's theme is "following your dreams" and "never giving up." Its genre is a mix between mystery and adventure, and written in third person omniscient.
I thought that this book was pretty good. It's a bit strange at places, which I'll not reveal because it might ruin the book. I'd recommend this book to people who like to read about family. It gives you a sort of comfort and understanding about families, and makes you ask natural questions, but not really anything that'll get you confused. Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye will go by mildly fast, but it'll still be enjoyable.

This book was everything i thuoght it would be and much more. I couldn't put it down. It was very moving. A MUST read.