Title: Be Careful How You Order Magic!
Product review: Here is another fine Edward Eager book, a sequel to the classic Half Magic. Its a few weeks after Half Magic's ending, and Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha are now enjoying a vacation at an Indiana lake with their mother and new step-father. They inadvertently order up a lakeful of magic from a magical being who happens to be listening, and the fun starts once again. I was fortunate enough to happen upon this book and the others in the series as a child many years ago, and I still love to reread them every now and then.Just like Half Magic, Magic By the Lake will appeal to children because it features realistic children and scenes in fantastic and deeply humorous ways. Adults will enjoy and approve of this and other works by Edward Eager because they are deeply literate, with references to many other books and plays that will encourage children to read and explore their libraries and their imaginations.
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