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A delightful old-fashioned adventure. Reminded me of an E. Nesbit book! Both the feel of family drama as well as magic, I'm shocked that I haven't read Edward Eager before now. As a kid I would have been all over this book! As an adult I'm excited to read more!
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Dec 18, 2020
Rachael
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When I was about 11 or 12, I discovered an author who wrote light, easy books about ordinary kids having magical adventures. It seemed to me that there were a whole lot of them and I just kept going back to the library and finding another. Then I finished them and moved on to meatier books like the Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper. As an adult I vaguely remembered the books and the comfort they gave me, but no amount of googling “real children magical adventure” would bring them up. Then
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May 12, 2010
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Consciously E.-Nesbit-y, in an excellent way.
Edward Eager's books were stories I loved as a child and having re-read them as an adult I still quite enjoy them. The stories and characters hold up to the test of time. These books are clever and intriguing and the characters are very endearing.
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I think I shall refrain from giving this a rating since I am not really its intended audience. If I was in third or fourth grade I think I might have really enjoyed it.
Adam loved this one! It's quite old fashioned, but the children are very clever in a way that feels kind of modern. Good stuff.
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Aug 11, 2009
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