The girl with no name
931128
Loved the book, the drama, the intrigue and a glimpse of what it must have been during the war. Misplaced loyalties, naivety and braveness in one. Would've wanted to know what happened to Harry.
3590976
Not one first or last name is used, yet the characters come alive. This story keeps you guessing.  Unique plot. The story is told from the viewpoint of a 10 year old boy.
3323711
This book was eay to read but I am not sure the subtitle fit the story.  The story had an oen ending so I am expecting a sequeal
1491041
The Girl with No Name by Diney Costeloe  A fascinating story, I enjoyed it from cover to cover. The story is set in World War II and its about a German-Jewish girl (Lisa) living in Germany whose Mother has the foresight to send her to England alone when war breaks out in the hope she can start a new life, her father having been taken by the Gestapo and her brother is blind and she doesnt know what the future holds for them. Lisa develops into a strong woman and survives many challenges.
Its an epic journey through the war years, heart-warming and tear jerking. I believe it should be read for what it is - that of survival in times of adversity.
918727
I ordered this with my granddaughters name to be on the mug.  It arrived with no name.  I tis a cute mug, but not worth the price.  I am returning it.
2126967
I liked the suspense of what would happen next to the girls. I would recommend the book to anyone who enjoyed suspenseful novels.
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The protagonist, thirteen-year-old Flutie, lives in the boonies in Western Oklahoma far from most good-sized towns.

Glancy focuses her book on the life of this strange girl who lives in a dusty small town. The setting is current time.  Flutie grows from age 13 to 20 in these pages. Her disfunctional family, her father's job repairing old cars and tractors, her mother's indifference are all Flutie knows of life. She wishes they would tell her the stories of her father's Cherokee people and her mother's German ancestors. She has a brother, Franklin, but he won't talk to her either. He doesn't want to be botterez.

 But Flutie can't carry on a conversation with anyone. Her voice freezes up when she tries to speak in class or to anyone she doesn't know well. She says it doesn't matter that her mother and father, neighbors old Luther and old Ruther -- they wouldn't listen even if she did try to talk to them.

Flutie futilely looks for a job after high school and finding none, she decides to go to college. There she begins studying geology: the rocks and their spirits, these bring her joy.

Flutie reads the myth of Philomela, whose tongue was cut out by her sister's husband so Philomela cannot tell anyone that her brother-in-law raped her. Flutie feels as if she has had her tongue cut out as well.

Finally the old neighbor Ruther helps Flutie find her way.......

I found this a very different kind of book. Most of it didn't make sense to me, but I know that Glancy is a much respected author and I hear the book is being made into a movie. I have long been fascinated with the Saint, Kateri Tekakwitha, which is pictured on the cover. A family friend named her first daughter that, and told me it meant all things in order, all things as they come. The book did not explain the connection to the cover painting of the "Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha."  The book is a quick read, only about a hundred pages.
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She was the missing one in my trio, but now she's with her brothers to completing the set, but her name's spelled incorrectly with an "e". Her name is without the "e". She is very cute even with the spelling error on her name tag.
2114709
This book was given as a gift to a girl whose name is Olivia. The story summary sounded cute.
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Obviously the story is just as lovely as ever, but to be clear there are no illustrations. There are a few pictures the movie, mostly just the little girls face which rarely make any sense with the story line such that they were mostly a distraction.  Reminder if you haven't read this story, you do not need illustrations to enjoy.
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A wonderful ghost story about a girl, Emma, who is visited by her late grandmother who tells her that she has been endowed with the gift to communicate with the dead. The author does a good job of developing Emma and the characters that she interacts with. I really enjoyed this story and look forward to more from this author.
4526496
A wonderful tale of Penny, a girl who is so good and quiet, that the world leaves her behind. When she finally stands up for herself, the world takes notice. Beautiful illustrations and a lovely story.
2740796
This is an interesting tale about a nice but self concious girl who just tries to blend in without notice. Her girlfriend fixes her up with one of her friends, and hopes for a match.  Enjoy!
4407186
This is a good story with a lot of surprises that make you want to keep reading. I kept trying to guess exactly what she is the entire time but never imagined what she really is.
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Its about a girl that can see the dead. She is a powerful cryptic. She travels with a boy and they try to defeat the darkness and its thousands of followers.
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This is a story of an innocent girl who got mixed up with the wrong crowd and paid for her mistakes.
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A nice mystery - a young irish policewoman finds a lost little girl while looking for a kidnap victim. Can finding out who this traumatized child is and what happened to her help solve the mystery of what happened to another missing child?