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Half Magic - Edward Eager Book Review

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"Four children - Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha - are looking forward to a dull summer until they discover a magical charm that has the ability to grant wishes. After a number of experiments and misadventures, they learn that the charm grants only half of every wish. During the course of the book, they learn about the magic - thwarting it and being thwarted by it - and about themselves, and discover exactly what they've always needed. This is the first of Eager's marvelous children's books."
Ivy, Resident Edward Eager Scholar


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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14)

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century - general past
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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