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 Check out my full review over at The Young Folks: http://www.theyoungfolks.com/?p=569 
 This was one of those books that was REALLY hyped up to me. I did enjoy it. I pretty much cried for the last 10 pages straight. (True story.) Because I already knew it was going to be a movie, as I reading I was thinking about how it would translate in movie form. It will be interesting to see the changes that were made (as are already slightly evident in the previews.) I gave it three stars for two reasons. One, while it was interesting, it didn't have the "Oh my gosh, I have to see what's going to happen next!!" quality to it; secondly, the final battle scene dragged on a little too long, got kind of complicated, and I started to pick up my pace because I was ready for the end of it. (Looks like the movie is going to spread some of that action out, which is nice.) But I enjoy the story and the characters --- Sam, Sarah and Mark all stepped up bravely at the end.