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The Secrets of Mary Bowser by Lois Leveen

The Secrets of Mary Bowser

by Lois Leveen
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  • May 2012, 496 pages
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Kathy H. (Richmond, VA)

In a word...
Boring. "Mary Bowser" just dragged for me. I didn't see or feel the characters come alive on the page. To be fair, I only made it to page 84, but I simply found myself slogging through.

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  Two Unlikely Spies: Mary Bowser and Elizabeth Van Lew

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