A Spell Is Cast [Hardcover]

Eleanor Cameron (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 271 pages
• Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc (February 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844665606
• ISBN-13: 978-0844665603
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #600,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable children's adventure. Reads well., April 21, 1998

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[e-mail] (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Spell Is Cast (Hardcover)

I fell in love with this book in the fourth grade and still read it periodically. Superstition and magic play a part in this story of a young girl searching for her place in the world. This is not really a fantasy; the plot is very down-to-earth, but Cameron's writing has a mystical feel to it that delights without creating over-imaginative horrors. Excellent for 4th and 5th grade readers, but interesting enough for older readers as well. Definitely a book to remember.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I still enjoy it - 35 years later, October 21, 2001

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vbbon "vbbon" (Boerne, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Spell Is Cast (Hardcover)

I guess this is the same story as the other reviews - I loved this book when I was a young girl and checked it out of the library several times. I recently purchased a used version of the book and enjoyed it all over again - more than 30 years after I first read it. Eleanor Cameron's style lets your imagination run away but in a believable way. I recommend this book for young and formerly young people everywhere.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful story mystical yet real, mysterious yet warm., July 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Spell Is Cast (Hardcover)

I have thought of this book often ever since I first read it as a child. I couldn't remember the name nor the author but knew it immediately when I came across it recently at the library. I agree with the previous review, Cameron's writing is mystical yet natural. I reread it and was instantly taken to that otherwordly realm full of shadows and possibilities, a place where the natural world and the fantasy world coexist. All of Cameron's books are written with a richness and beauty that challenge the young reader while entertaining her. I recommend any of Cameron's books most enthusiastically.