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Lost Magic

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We are fifth graders who have our own book club. Here are our names and opinions about "Lost Magic:"Justine: I liked the book because there were short poems that describe each chapter.Laiah: I liked this book because the main character is a girl who does not rely on people to help her.Jaycie: The book was really descriptive and I got an image of almost everything in my mind.Simone:I liked the book, but it was kind of sad and distrubing, because people were burned because they were thought to be witches.Erin: I liked the book because it told about herbs and how they cure diseases.Leslie: I liked the book, but I also didn't like it because it really got into detail about how contagious Black Death was and how people died from it.Emily:The little girl Elinor, was really cute and she respected the main character, Cerridwen.

I love this book, and have since I was about ten years old. I'd actually forgotten about it, until I started talking to a friend of mine about books that had really stuck with us as kids-- I used to check Lost Magic out of the school library about three times a year, when I couldn't find anything else good to read! Can't believe I found it again after so many years.

My daughter has checked this one out of the library 3 or 4 times. She reads a lot of fantasy and this is one of her favorites. :)

I fell in love with this book from my school library.Berthe Amoss is such a good author it feels as if she pulls you in and you actually experience it. So far I have read it twice and it still is entertaining.

Ceridwen the main character is a waif who gets her name from Gallena,a wise woman who knows of the healing arts.When Ceridwen saves Lord Robert with her herbs she becomes known as Wise Woman of Bevedre. Elinor, Lord robert's only daughter becomes Ceridwen's companion and loves her. after the death of Elinor's mother, Dame Bewick starts accusing Ceridwen for witchcraft. Ceridwen takes Elinor into the forest to save her from the Plague. Elinor gets caught by the Plague but dies when she drinks Ceridwen's 3 magical bouncing drops. The fairies come into her and she becomes a changeling. Ceridwen is accused of Witchcraft and will be burnt. Right when she is about to be burnt Ceridwen finds her hidden inner powers and seets Elinor free from the fairies, making her a child again. Ceridwen changes her self into a stork and flies away. This is an excellent novel which must be read for the details.

Lost Magic gives you a nice feeling when your read it, Berthe makes you just slip into a fantacy world when you cant get out until its finished.

This book is great. It takes place in Medival Europe- Bedavere. Ceradwen, a decendant of a great sorceress is the main character of this story. When she saves Lord Roberts life, she mooves to a castle, hornered by all but Bewick, who hates her. When Ceradwen is accused of bringing the plague (pest) into Bedavere, she is forced to flee. This book is a must read.

This is one of the worst books I have ever read. And as an avid fantasy reader,I felt that the author did really badly with the charecters,the plot,and everything else as well. Mixing history and fantasy would have been allright for another fantasy author, such as Patrica Wrede or Lloyd Alexander, but it just did not work for Berthe Amoss.I'm never reading someting by her again.