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From: oday@hplabsc.UUCP (Vicki O'Day)
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Subject: Re: Trying to remember a book title
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Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 16:07:49 EDT
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The book you are looking for about a coin that grants wishes
is called Half Magic, by Edward Eager.

He is one of my favorite children's authors, and wrote six
or seven other books in the same style as Half Magic.  Some
others are:  Knight's Castle, Seven Day Magic and Magic By the
Lake.  The children in his books are very believable (they are
childish, instead of being like little adults), and the stories
have a humorous style.  Eager (and his characters) are admirers
of Edith Nesbit, another great writer of books with magic.  His
books are similar to hers, but easier for kids to read because
they are set in a more recognizable present.

Vicki O'Day
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