5/27/2023 0 Comments Half magic by edward eager![]() Even as a child I was savvy enough to catch the biggest name-drop in the book which was the multiple references to the books by E Nesbit, and I know that when I finished this series her books were the next ones to be checked out. I wonder if parents reading this book aloud to their children in the 50s got a laugh seeing these things in print. Edward Eager(1911-1964) worked primarily as a playwright and lyricist. ![]() Now with the power of the Internet they are just a quick Googling away. Half Magic by Edward Eager Chapter 1 927 views 8 Dislike Share Save Auditory Allusions 300 subscribers This book grabs you right away with the first chapter, and I love it Stalk. They drop lots of references to fictional characters or real people or real publications that just sailed right over my head when I read this before. These children are of course fictional children written by an adult. I feel almost like it's going back three generations and that's pretty wild. Library Catalog When four cousins vacationing find an ancient coin they. ![]() Rereading them now as an adult the book is a lot shorter than I remember and of course it reads like a book written in the 50s about life in the 20s because that's exactly what it is. Some of the parts really stuck with me and I remember hunting down the rest of the series and enjoying most of them. ![]() I read this book as a kid because my parents had read this book as a kid (it would have just been released for them). ![]()
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