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Copyright renewed 1982 by Jane Eager
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First Harcourt Young Classics edition 1999
First Odyssey Classics edition 1990
First published 1954
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Eager, Edward.
Half magic/by Edward Eager; illustrated by N. M. Bodecker.
p. cm.
"An Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classic."
Sequel: Magic by the lake.
Summary: Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and
Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures
after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.
[1. Magic—Fiction. 2. Wishes—Fiction. 3. Space and time—Fiction.]
I. Bodecker, N. M., ill. II. Title.
PZ7.E115Hal 1999
[Fic]—dc21 99-24558
ISBN 978-0-15-202069-9
ISBN 978-0-15-202068-2 (pb)
Printed in the United States of America
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