'You should have asked for it to be twice as much like E. 'Here's how we find the Charm! And here's where we meet Sir Launcelot! And here's the bit where we nearly cause a riot! But wait. A moment later, there was the book, sitting on the table between them! It was called Half Magic, and the author was a Mr. She was quite out of breath by the time she had finished. Nesbit's books, and we wish that both books will have an Acknowledgement where the author says how much he thanks her for Influencing him, and we wish that it should be a very graceful and polite Acknowledgement.' we wish that two authors could write two books about our adventures, and we wish that both the books will be just like E. 'You don't think I'd forget that, do you?' asked Jane scornfully. And remember that we have to ask for twice as much of everything as we really want.' We Acknowledge her Influence, and then it will be quite alright. Smith was telling me about that just the other day. 'We could put in an Acknowledgement,' said Mark. you don't think it would be stealing, do you? That would be very wrong.'

if the Charm makes the book like one of hers.

Now, what kind of book do we want it to be?' 'We just have to wish for it, and the Charm will take care of the rest. 'It seems a shame,' said Jane, 'that no one's going to know about our adventures. So i'm assuming this is going to give me magical powers. the very next day, as i was shopping at a used bookstore, a copy of one installment was on the first shelf i looked at. Once upon a time, i received the most enthusiastic book recommendation of my life for a classic children's fantasy series i'd never heard of. Review to come / 3 stars (but in a good way) I'm a good sister.)īottom line: Not the book's fault I'm not the target audience - and this was still a delight. (Being the eldest child and constantly trying to be cooler than I am, I spent my entire adolescence training myself to hate kids' movies and TV shows and books, just to ruin my younger siblings' time. And even when the children's content is good, I have a weird vendetta against it. Unfortunately, because I never read it as a kid, I didn't have any of that nostalgia coursing through my veins, so I was just a 23 year old reading a children's book for the first time. I believe this book genuinely is magic, for two reasons:ġ) It came into my life as if propelled by the power of the universe itself.Ģ) It is a children's book from the 1950s (!!!) that condemns colonialism (!!!!!) and has cool, powerful female characters.

Half magic by edward eager