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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... JeanetteAccording to Chinese tradition, if someone dies hungry (or unjustly) they will come back and haunt those still alive. Usually, you can appease these "hungry ghosts" with food. Each of the stories (creatively grouped by the type of food featured) centers around food, ghosts and those left behind. After each one, Compestine has a few pages detailing the history behind the story and the mythology of China and ghosts... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... JeanettePerfect book for any time of the year. But Pacy (as she is known to her family) or Grace (as she is known to her friends) has more problems than just having two names. She must: find luck, money, find out what she wants to do with the rest of her life, and figure out is she Chinese, American or Taiwanese before the end of the year. Many humorous adventures occur before the Year of the Dog is over, and readers wil... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... JeanetteEver wonder why there is no cat in the Chinese Zodiac or why Cat and Rat are enemies? In Dawn Casey's accessible adaptation of how the Chinese New Year zodiac order was determined, these questions are answered. When the Jade Emperor decided that people needed a way to determine one year from the other, he orders a race of all the animals. From the grand dragon to the tiny rat, each animal must use his own talent... read more>>>
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Jeanette
 After a long day of cruisn’ through the various adventures in life (Indiana Jones has nuttin’ on me), nothing hits the spot like…chocolate. But once you say chocolate that’s all you need say. So this page is dedicated to a few of my other passions: alligator wrestling, bull riding, reading books (big books, little books, picture books no pictures books, even little black books), listening to music (from A to Z and back again) and a variety of other things. So take a minute to browse some of my faves and I hope they become some of yours.
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