The Island Keeper

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Summary: Cleo is tired of being fat and lazy, so she runs off.
Review: I first read this book when I was in ninth grade. Ever since, I have kept Cleo's experience on that beautiful island in my heart. When I began college memories from the book kept resurfacing. I knew I had to find it! I couldn't remember the author's name or the title, so my search was pretty close to hopeless. Finally, after asking many librarians and looking through endless card catalouges over 8 years, I accidentally found it in January while using the WWW.AMAZON.Com search engines. I ordered it immediately and read it as soon as I recieved it. To read it again now as a 28 year old was a whole new adventure, but it also brought back old memories and feelings that I had as a 14 year old. I recommend this book to any teenager or adult looking for an escape. The experiences that Cleo goes through are so real, and well-researched. I'm so glad to have found this wonderful book after such a long search!

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Summary: An adventure which doesn't leave your thoughts
Review: I first read this book when I was in ninth grade. Ever since, I have kept Cleo's experience on that beautiful island in my heart. When I began college memories from the book kept resurfacing. I knew I had to find it! I couldn't remember the author's name or the title, so my search was pretty close to hopeless. Finally, after asking many librarians and looking through endless card catalouges over 8 years, I accidentally found it in January while using the WWW.AMAZON.Com search engines. I ordered it immediately and read it as soon as I recieved it. To read it again now as a 28 year old was a whole new adventure, but it also brought back old memories and feelings that I had as a 14 year old. I recommend this book to any teenager or adult looking for an escape. The experiences that Cleo goes through are so real, and well-researched. I'm so glad to have found this wonderful book after such a long search!

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Summary: Great Book
Review: I loved this book, it was great. I was reading it for school and i lost my copy! I have to buy two more, one for me and one for my teacher! I love how Cleo's character evolves and how she thinks. I recommend this book for everyone!

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Summary: A Must-Read for anyone who has ever felt unloved
Review: I read this book for the first time at age 14, and keep returning to it year after year. I'm now 25, and this book still has not lost its appeal. Anyone who has ever wanted to run away, felt fat and lonely and unable to do anything right, or simply likes a good story that is wholly believable, READ THIS BOOK

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Summary: Cleo is tired of being fat and lazy, so she runs off.
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I bought it a week ago and finished it in 1 day. It was so intresting. Odd how someone like Cleo would just run away. She uses so much of her resources that its so amazing how she survives. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes nature, geography, etc. Actually, it's good for anyone practically.

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Summary: i love this
Review: out of all the books i have ever read,this is the one that has made an impact on me. after reading it in 8th grade, i look upon my experience with this book as if i was there with cleo, as if the story were a palpable distant memory of my own. i come back to the book often to relive Cleo's adventure.

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Summary: A Great Adventure Book
Review: The Island Keeper is a great adventure book. Cleo has to learn how to take care of herself out in the wild without the modern technology we have today. She also has to do it the hard way.

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Summary: I love it, always have, always will!!! What more can I say.
Review: This is one of the most incredible books I've ever read. It gives wonderful insight into the life of someone who is just becoming self-dependant and self-reliant. It shows the struggles of really growing up. And how this incredible girl coped with life's problems.

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Summary: Amazing that my own story is so similar to anothers.
Review: While I was in middle school I checked the book out numerous times. I loved the book. I loved Cleo, I loved her story and her strength. I even knew the exact location of that book and what the hardcover picture looked like. Move on in time to high school and college and every so often I would scour for the book (the title of which I had forgotten but I knew the authors last name began with an 'M'.) So finally after finishing college I went back to my old town and asked to go into the junior high library. I found the book. On the same shelf, same location and with me being the last person to have checked it out.

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Summary: A book about finding yourself
Review: Wonderful book that I discovered in junior high. Several years later I bought a copy and this novel has become one of a treasured few I read again every year. The central character (indeed, practically the only character for most of the book) grows so much during her experience that you remember her life changes long after you put down the book. As always, great fast-moving, realistic storytelling from Harry Mazer.