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37,440 ratings1,942 reviews. Four children wish on a Half Magic coin that gets their mother Alison half-way home, rescued by Mr Smith. Mark's wish zaps them to a desert without island, where half-talking cat Carrie gabbles to a camel. Romantic Katherine battles Launcelot. Eldest Jane rejects siblings for another family.
Illustrated by N. M. Bodecker, this novel is the first in a seven-book series dubbed The Tales of Magic. Set 1920s Toledo, Ohio, Half Magic follows four siblings—Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha—who find a magic coin that grants half wishes. Their adventures span another country and a different time, but mostly land them in tricky ...
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- Kid's book (ages 7-14) Main Character Identity: - Female Profession/status: - student Age: - a kid Setting Earth setting: - 20th century - general past Takes place on Earth? - Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
Detailed Summary. Analysis. Exploring Magic Half: A Tale of Adventure and Fantasy. For fans of fantasy literature and children's books, Edward Eager's Half Magic is a delightful read that captures the imagination and takes readers on a magical journey.
The first book, Half Magic, comes earliest in the series' chronology. Magic by the Lake is its direct sequel, in that it features the same children in further adventures at about the same age. The second book, Knight's Castle , is set one generation later, and The Time Garden is its direct sequel.
May 24, 2012 · The plot, as American Writers for Children, 1900-1960 puts it is that, “four siblings find a magic talisman that grants their wishes, but only by halves. They engage in a variety of wild and funny adventures as each makes a wish, carefully worded to allow for the feature of half fulfillment.
Sep 25, 2019 · Half Magic - Edward Eager (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016) This is a sweet, old-fashioned story about four siblings who discover a magic coin. The eldest, Jane, picks it up on the sidewalk one day and quickly discovers it grants wishes. Except that it only grants half the wish.
