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Title: Fantastic--but don't buy this edition
Review: Lorrie Mallard has had nothing but grief since she moved to Ashton to stay with her aunt. Her new school is very different from the all-girls' private school she attended in Canada, the other children are not friendly to her and the boys tease her unmercifully. One day, to escape their taunts, she climbs over the fence into the yard of "the witch's house," an old octagon-shaped manor house. There she begins to learn the values of patience and empathy through her friendship with Miss Charlotta Ashemeade--and a number of other interesting lessons through the magic of the enchanted house.I loved this book in grade school, and although many of the references are dated (it was originally published in 1967), "Octagon Magic" is still a great read. DO NOT buy the Starscape Books edition, however, as it is full of spelling errors. There are several previous editions of this book without the copy-editing mishaps of this one, and I recommend purchasing one of them instead.
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