Customer Reviews

Magic by the Lake (Puffin Books)

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This was a really great book. It is about 4 children who visit a lake with their mom and Mr.Smith (their stepfather). Very strange things begin to happen when the children make magical wishes. They visit the South Pole, the Arabian desert, and a mysterious island. I recommend this book to all children who love magic.

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~ I just introduced my nieces, ages 8-11, to the Edward Eager books, when they ran out of Harry Potter to read. They love them, as I did when I read them 30 years ago.
The adventures of these independent and adventurous children are always amusing and fun. There is usually enough sense of danger in the magical adventures to make them suspenseful, without being too frightening. I always enjoyed the author's ability to describe realistic brother and sister relationships. Some of the arguments in his stories remind me so much of squabbles with my own brother!

~ I think "Magic by the Lake" was my favorite. The adventures were very imaginative and fun to read. I loved the chapter in which two sisters wish to be "grown up"- unfortunately, they get their wish, at least temporarily!
These books are wonderful because they are no less fun now, then 2 generations ago, when they were written. This author should be on all kid's bookshelves!

This book is the sequel to Half Magic. It is GREAT!!! Jane, Mark, Kathrine, and Martha are on vacation and spend the summer in a cottage on a lake with their parents. They have no idea, though, that the lake is magic.

I was introduced to Edward Eager when I was a young teen by my next door neighbor. The only book I read was "Half Magic", which I thought was a fun little book. Now that I have a child of my own on the way, I've decided to start building a library of books that I can read aloud to my youngster. I bought "Half Magic" and decided to give a couple of other Edward Eager stories a try. "Magic by the Lake" is actually the sequel to "Half Magic", though I didn't know that when I bought it. Again, it's a fun story. It is a little dated, but I think that adds to the charm. For example, the girls turn flappers, a la the roaring 20's, at one point. When the time comes that I read this story, I'll be able to pull out a picture of my great-grandmother in her flapper garb and explain what that was all about.

All in all, I highly recommend Edward Eager for young readers. The stories are clean, fun, and full of adventure. I've heard others say that they are the Harry Potter books of yesterday. I don't know that I would agree with that statement. These are much lighter stories. Though I love Harry, his stories are way too dark to read to a young child.

I chose this book in school as an independent reading book since I had no clue what to chose and I found out I loved it! I had also noticed a few of my friends in my class (2nd grade) had also been reading it and had caught up to me and so we talked about it and we all loved it. And, now I have bought (with a year of my own allowance) all seven of Edward Eager's books about Magic. With the leftovers of my allowance I think I am going to buy some of his books that are not about magic.

In Magic By the Lake, the four kids think this is going to be a great vacation but it gets even better when the lake becomes full of magic! I think this is a great book. I couldn't put it down!!!

This book is about four children who go on vacation and find that magic is everywhere in the lake. It is written with a gentle and imaginative spirit that makes it a good read-aloud book for a younger child.

This book was great-all of Mr. Eager's books are. But if you'relooking for the best of his books, this is not the one. Sure, it hascool characters and plenty of magical adventures, but this story, unlike other books I have read from Mr. Eager's colection, had no basic plot. No real chain of events leading to a real end. "Half Magic", on the other hand, was written quite originally and all the adventures led up to one main event. I would also recommend "Magic or Not?" But all in all this book really was a great book.

The children from Half Magic are on vacation, and find themselves with a whole lakeful of magic! Not only do they become teenagers, discover the South Pole, and meet Martha and Katharine's childern, they also use a pirate's (Chauncey Cutlass) treasure to save their stepfather's bookstore. The magic even converts the treasure into money! This book was great, and I reccomend it to anyone who loved Half Magic as much as I do!

It all starts when Martha, Mark, Jane, Katharine, their mother, and Mr. Smith, their stepfather, go to the lake. It would have been a quiet and relaxing vacation, but the kids had to ask for magic by the lake, and now the they have some cool adventures and problems along the way. It all ends, and they have to go home and leave good friends that helped them along the way. I think this is a interesting book, and I recommend this book to anyone that likes adventure or magic.It all starts when Martha, Mark, Jane, Katharine, their mother, and Mr. Smith, their stepfather, go to the lake. It would have been a quiet and relaxing vacation, but the kids had to ask for magic by the lake, and now the they have some cool adventures and problems along the way. It all ends, and they have to go home and leave good friends that helped them along the way. I think this is a interesting book, and I recommend this book to anyone that likes adventure or magic.