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Traveling With Children: Cultural Adventures in our World...Tips and Tricks for an Incredible Family Trip.

4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions

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The Chronology of Water

by Lidia Yuknavitch (Goodreads Author)

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Ancient Mariner: The Arctic Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Inspired Coleridge's Masterpiece by Ken McGoogan (2003-12-10)

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The Curve of Time: The Classic Memoir of a Woman and Her Children Who Explored the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northwest

by M. Wylie Blanchet

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I loved the first few chapters with the hilarious crow narrator, but then it got dark and weird, and irritating. Skimmed to the end just to see what happened, and the ending seemed ok, but I just didn’t care for the plot and the preachiness.
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