And she adds: “May the Fourth Be With You!” Marshmallow’s rating: 100% Marshmallow rates Half Magic by Edward Eager 100%. I enjoyed Half Magic very much and look forward to reading more about these characters in Edward Eager’s other novels. Written in 1954, it successfully entertained children for many years and probably will do the same for many to come. Marshmallow’s Review: Half Magic is a classic and I think a great read for all ages.

The children eventually learn how to use it, and in the end, they have a very exciting summer, not at all the one they thought lay ahead. For instance, Martha wishes that she was not at the place she was and since she didn’t say it the way you need to, she became half there and half not there. They have some problems though, before they figure out how to use the charm. Here Jane is wishing that she belonged to a different family.

Marshmallow is pointing toward one of her favorite parts of the book, where Jane makes a foolish decision. They help stop Morgan Le Fay, an evil sorceress in this retelling of the myth, from kidnapping and killing the Knights of the Round Table. On Katharine’s turn to make a wish, they travel into the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. When he realizes that they have the charm, he says that they stole it from his people. a man tries to abduct Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha. In a desert, which they travel to on Mark’s wish - he wants a desert island but the charmed coin takes them to a desert –. It turns out that other people have knowledge of the charm that grants wishes and they happen to want the charm. The children decide that they will take turns to use the charm. What is half of twice a talking cat? Or to be half-again twice not-here? And how do you double your most heartfelt wish, the one you care about so much that it has to be perfect?

Wishing for two times some things is a cinch, but other doubled wishes only cause twice as much trouble. (You probably wouldn’t want to have half of a dog.) Let’s say you wish is to have a dog appear then you would say that you wanted two dogs to appear because if you wished that one dog would appear then one half of a dog would appear. So in order to get your whole wish you would have to say it in this fashion. If you made a wish while touching the charm, then half of your wish would come true.

Marshmallow’s Summary (with spoilers): The four siblings Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha are expecting to have a very boring summer. Marshmallow’s quick take: If you like books about magical charms, and adventure stories about a handful of siblings, then this might be the book for you. Marshmallow reviews Half Magic by Edward Eager. This week Marshmallow reviews a 1954 classic, Half Magic by Edward Eager, the first book in his Tales of Magic series.

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