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Archibald's Swiss Cheese Mountain by Sylvia Lieberman
Arkfall by Carolyn Ives Gilman
The Blunder by Joe Kilgore
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
The Chinese Orange Mystery by Ellery Queen
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Eat, Drink and Be Married by Eve Makis
Forty Days by Jill Smolinski
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The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
Hello Piglet! by Muff Singer
Idaho Snapshots by Rick Just
Inside Story by Albert E. Cowdrey
Just Visiting by Nancy Sparling
King, Queen, Knave by Vladimir Nabokov
King of the World by David Remnick
The Last Plague by Glen E. Page
Lifeguard by James Patterson and Andrew Gross
Marvin K. Mooney Will Please Go! by Dr. Seuss
The Mental Environment by Bob Gebelein
Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva
Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters
Nine Whispered Opinions Regarding the Alaskan Secession by George Guthridge
Peachblossom by Eleanor Frances Lattimore
Picnic at Pentecost by Rand B. Lee
Ookpik by Bruce Hiscock
Quondam by Jayel Gibson
Run! Run! by John Aikin
Salad for Two by Robert Reed
Search Continues for Eldery Man by Laura Kasischke
Shed That Guilt! Double Your Productivity by Michael Swanwick and Eileen Gunn
Small Worlds by Gretchen Laskas
Templeton Turtle Goes Exploring by Ron Pridmore
The Twenty Dollar Bill by Elmore Hammes
The Uncertainty Principle by Lynda Curnyn

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Just Visiting: 09/03/08

Working my way through American Girls About Town has taken longer than I had planned.

In "Just Visiting" Danni gets caught up in her lies and has ten harrowing days of playing hostess to two young relatives who fully believe the embellished life she has been reporting home.

Throughout the their visit, Danni laments to herself her mother's belief that their stay will do her some good. In the end, it does but not in the way that either her mother or she predicted.

The story is cute but it didn't grab me like some of the others in this collection. The situations Danni gets into should have been sillier for a proper screwball comedy. Instead, Danni is able to squeak by too easily with money she's squirreled away and her ability to charm a local into playing along with her charade.

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