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'Nim's Island'

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Over the past five years, Walden Media has become a reliable purveyor of big, bright family fantasies from "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" to "Charlotte's Web." But there have been missteps along the way. (Remember "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium?")

Walden's latest, "Nim's Island," veers close to the negative side of the tally sheet. The premise, from a 2002 book by Wendy Orr, is terrific,...

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