"At a time when we are talking of the relevance of the curriculum for our children, the book, Buddhoe, is right on target."

Terrence T. Joseph
Insular Superintendent
Department of Education- USVI
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"It would be to the benefit of all students for our collection to be able to have more copies to offer students not only for class assignments but also leisure time reading. Besides being set in the islands, Ms. Gill-Murphy has woven an exciting story around many characters already familiar to the students."

Elizabeth Rezende, Ph.D
Head Librarian
President,
Society of Virgin Islands Historians
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" With the Emancipation Celebration and Awareness of local history, I'm sure that book may be even more popular in the future"

Richard P.Harris
Retail Manager
Whim Museum Store
St. Croix Landmarks Museum Store
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"Each time a visitor reads the book, I receive the same response. It gives the visitor a clear sense of St.Croix's history
....In adition, I have used Buddhoe both as a reading choice for high school English students and as additional reading for Caribbean History class students. Other teachers I have known have also included the book in their reading lists for high school students. Student responses to Buddhoe have always been positive; they seem to be able to relate more emphatically to the story of slavery emancipation when they have read the book
...It contains elements of character, settting, action, and history that, in skilled hands, could prove to be a highly successful movie. Such an endeavor could certainly prove to be a boost to the island of St. Croix.
...It would be a shame to lose this bit of Crucian treasure."

Faye H. Verstraete
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