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From: francis@osu-eddie.UUCP (RD Francis)
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Subject: Re: Trying to remember a book title
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Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 20:42:24 EDT
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> When I was in the third grade (about 24 years ago) I read a book that
> sort of got me started on science fiction/fantasy.  It involved some
> kids who found an old coin which granted them wishes... sort of.
> The coin was so old that they had to wish for everything twice to
> get a complete wish, otherwise they only got half of what they
> wished for.

The name of the book is _Half_Magic_, and it is by Edward Eager.
He wrote a number of other books, some of them involving the same
characters -- let's see...
     Magic by the Lake
     The Well-Wishers
     Seven-Day Magic
and three others that I can't remember at the moment.

Excellent read -- if you don't think of yourself as being too old to
read them ( I don't -- I borrowed them of a friend last spring )


RD Fozz Francis  ..!cbosgd!osu-eddie!francis or francis@osu-eddie.UUCP