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Fun Surprise

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As I was checking Sitemeter a few minutes ago, I noticed someone had come my way via the Chicago Courier News. Strange, huh? Well, I clicked over and found a post about my after-school book clubs (originally posted in October for Books on the Nightstand)!

This afternoon: Off to discuss THE STOLEN LIFE by Jane Louise Curry.

From the back cover:  The year is 1758 and Jamesina Mackenzie has been living quietly in the Scottish highlands surrounded by her grandfather, aunts, and uncles. However, her father’s death forces Jamesina to go into hiding. Disguised as a boy, she is sent to live with neighbors, but even this deception cannot keep her safe.

She is kidnapped by “spiriters,” men who kidnap young people to sell as bond slaves to planters and farmers in America. Still in disguise, Jamesina must make her way through a strange new world — a world that takes her from a Virginia plantation to the mountains of Cherokee country and finally to a reunion with the family and friends she thought she’d lost forever.

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  1. Tamika: says

    November 12, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    Interesting. I’ve been meaning to play around with the site meter.

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  2. Tabitha Bird says

    November 13, 2009 at 1:02 am

    sitemeters sound interesting. I have no idea how to use or install one. Ah well..

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  3. Caroline Starr Rose says

    November 13, 2009 at 1:10 am

    Tabitha: Go to sitemeter.com and register. It’s really straight forward. You’ll find out how many people stop by each day, which is fun.

    Have I ever told you the only other Tabitha I knew lived in Australia, too?

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  4. TerryLynnJohnson says

    November 13, 2009 at 1:36 am

    Your after-school book clubs should be getting noticed. Very cool that you’re doing that. Good stuff!

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  5. Yaya' s Changing World says

    November 13, 2009 at 2:20 am

    I’ve never heard of a site-meter. Now, I’m gonna’ go check it out.
    The book sounds wonderful. What happens next? What happens next? I really wanna’ know. ~ Yaya
    Yaya’s Home

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