Half Magic

Edward Eager. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P, $19.95 (217pp) ISBN 978-0-15-205302-4

Fans of Half Magic by Edward Eager, illus. by N.M. Bodecker, can rejoin Jane, Mark, Katharine and Martha and their magical wish-granting coin in celebration of a half-century of Half Magic. This 50th-anniversary edition features a special green ribbon place-marker that matches the enchanting green-ink drawings. .

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