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Summary: A book worth reading again and again!
Review: I first read this book as a teenager and the character of Ellia is superb and unforgettable. The author does an excellent job of portraying this girl's struggles with a very strict patriarcal society as she seeks to gain a forbidden education and her struggle with her emotions as she matures into a woman while forced to masquerade as a boy in order to pursue the life which she wants. I have always wished to read another book by this author. It is very unfortunate that none exist. This book is a keeper.
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Summary: It spoke to my heart in 1984...
Review: I first read this book in 1984, when I was 15. I immediately searched for other books by the author, unfortunately to no avail. Periodically, I looked for new titles but never found one. It is now 17 years later and I am again re-reading this marvelous, magically inspiring book. I'm not a girl but this book is one of the most influential stories in my life. It is up there in my top ten with "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", "The Good Earth", "Starship Troopers", "The Door Into Summer", "Podkayne of Mars"(I'm obviously a big Heinlein fan), and "The Forever War".When I was 15, I fell in love with Ellia and have been searching for her since. I've been unsucessful so far but have not given up hope. [....] Another story with characters as rich as those in this book, especially Ellia, would be a real pleasure to read. [....] I absolutely loved "The Girl from the Emeraline Island". [....]
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Summary: It spoke to my heart in 1984...
Review: I first read this book in 1984, when I was 15. I immediately searched for other books by the author, unfortunately to no avail. Periodically, I looked for new titles but never found one. It is now 17 years later and I am again re-reading this marvelous, magically inspiring book. I'm not a girl but this book is one of the most influential stories in my life. It is up there in my top ten with "To Kill a Mockingbird", "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", "The Good Earth", "Starship Troopers", "The Door Into Summer", "Podkayne of Mars"(I'm obviously a big Heinlein fan), and "The Forever War". When I was 15, I fell in love with Ellia and have been searching for her since. I've been unsucessful so far but have not given up hope. [....] Another story with characters as rich as those in this book, especially Ellia, would be a real pleasure to read. [....] I absolutely loved "The Girl from the Emeraline Island". [....]
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I've never read a better sci fi book in my life! It's worth the wait. I've read it twice already. I really would recomend this book for anyone who likes Anna McCaffery
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