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Summary: I love it!
Review: I got Long live the Queen and could not put it down. I read itin one day! It was great. I didn't know there was 3 more books. (Ithink) I love it! I want to get the rest. END
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Summary: 3rd book is darker but good;disappointing edition quality
Review: I have read and reread (and loved, especially the first one) all three Meghan Powers books in their original editions. I am grateful to Hawk Publishing for reprinting these three books (now called the "President's Daughter" series) so that more people can enjoy them, but I do feel that people should know that these reprints are not high quality. They are trade paperbacks with bindings that seem sturdy enough, but the text is not at all crisp -- in fact, it looks like the publisher may have enlarged the pages from the original mass market editions on a Xerox machine and then reprinted these new editions from those copies. I am basing this guess on the fact that the text looks enlarged and somewhat blurry.The covers of all three of the reprint editions are hideous; the first one shows a girl who looks to be about 8 or 10 years old instead of a teenager, and the covers of the second and third books are not much better. If you can get past all that, these books are generally marvelous to read. "Long Live the Queen" is much darker than the first two books; Meg is kidnapped and the author does not try to spare us the brutality of this act. This might be a little scary for younger readers, but the book makes a brave and honest attempt to deal with the issues. Again, I am grateful to Hawk for reprinting these, even if the quality is a little disappointing.
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Summary: I couldn't put it down
Review: I LOVED this book! It was great! I got it from my libary and for like the first week i didn't touch it. I thought it would be about somthing stuped like someone trying to kill the queen oe England or somthing(well, thats not to stuped but you know what i mean, right?) but it wasn't. It took me only 2 days to read the 343 book and anyother book would have taken me at lest a week. It's a great book woth a bit or romance, a bit of mystery, a bit of a suspense, and a bit of drama. I would recomend this book to anyone who likes books!
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Summary: On three: Reprint, reprint, reprint!!
Review: I've re-read this book at *least* once every year since it came out. If the powers that be would finally get around to reprinting it - and while they were at it, every other book White has written - I would buy every one again, poor fellowship-student budget notwithstanding, just because my original copies are falling apart from overuse. What more do the folks at scholastic need to hear?
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Summary: On three: Reprint, reprint, reprint!!
Review: I've re-read this book at *least* once every year since it came out. If the powers that be would finally get around to reprinting it - and while they were at it, every other book White has written - I would buy every one again, poor fellowship-student budget notwithstanding, just because my original copies are falling apart from overuse. What more do the folks at scholastic need to hear?
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Summary: The best of the Meg trilogy!
Review: In my opinion, this is one of White's best works. Although this is technically a YA book, the only real "teen" thing about it is Meg's age. She, her siblings, parents and various White House personas are thoroughly fleshed out, as well as the multitude of psychological issues that come along with being the child of a president. Here, when Meg's position in life leads to her abduction -- an incredibly grave situation -- White combines it with the thoughts running through Meg's mind, which are usually humorous and sarcastic. A thoroughly enjoyable read.
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Summary: Wow I never put it down, a constent tension kept me reading.
Review: It is a wonderful book!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Daughter of first female president suffers harrowing kidnap
Review: The third in this series (after THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER and WHITE HOUSE AUTUMN), but can be read alone. It's a REALLY good book, but disturbing.
Teenaged Meg is the daughter of the first female president of America. She's survived school and dating (with the Secret Service nearby), but is not prepared to be kidnapped by a psychotic man who may or may not be a terrorist.
The part of this book that deals with the kidnapping is very violent and disturbing, and some young girls may not want to read it. However, survivors of accidents, abuse, or other traumas may find Meg's experiences reassuring, because they'll know they are not alone.
As her family worries desperately, as the FBI and the press try to track down the kidnapper with the whole world watching, Meg is alone with a man who hurts her, even breaks her bones to reinforce his orders. She doesn't know what he wants, or how to satisfy him (she even considers offering him sex, but he isn't interested). And the only way she can escape may require her to hurt herself even more.
The second half of the book deals with her recovery. The doctors say she may never walk again, or regain use of one hand--she who was once a tennis champion and loved to ski. Unlike most trauma books, this one doesn't assume that everything can be healed by faith and love; Meg will be impaired for life, even with all the gains she can make through painful physical therapy.
But the worst injury is to her trust in other people. She wants desperately to be left alone, not stared at and questioned and judged. How can she learn to make friends again, or even sit comfortably with her family and watch a movie?
LONG LIVE THE QUEEN isn't a standard girl's adventure story; it's a tale of survival and scars, and the deep strength it takes to learn to live again. I recommend it absolutely.
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Summary: A brilliant book that will stay with you.
Review: This is White's third book in her "president's daughter" series (beginning with "The President's Daughter" and continuing with "White House Autumn." It's a kidnap book, but unlike other kidnap books, it's terribly real and believable--and in the end is so cathartic and powerful that it may just change your life. The heroine is kidnapped, but she isn't passive--and she's nobody's victim. A story about fighting for life and freedom, this book is an amazing achievement--and all the better if you don't know too much about the plot going in .... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: Favorite book from my childhood
Review: This was my favorite book when I read it when I was about 11. It was the first book that kept me awake all night long! And then in my many moves and two fires, I lost my copy, and I was sooo sad, because it is one of those books that I have always liked to revisit! but yeah for me, I was able to secure another copy, and I just reread it! and this copy will be kept much much safer!
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