- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books; Reprint edition (Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0152020713
- ISBN-13: 978-0152020712
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #44 in Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > E > Eager, Edward
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I know people who say they can read any kind of book except an "I" book, and sometimes I think I agree with them. Read the first page
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0 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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soo good! i think you really should read it.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Not as good as Part I
28 Aug 2004
Format:Paperback
Anemic sequel to the earlier and superior MAGIC OR NOT? The same children reappear, Kip, Lydia, Laura, Gordy in an upscale suburban neighborhood something like Scarsdale, NY or Greenwich, CT. Children love this book with its search for magical wishing wells, as well as trying to figure out Eager's clever puzzle--are the things that happen to them the result of their wishes, or is it all just a coincidence? Adults will like the spectacle of the different John Cheever-ish neighbors being lampooned in a variety of smirky ways. One added bonus is that, his character Madame Salvatini, the retired opera singer, reminisces of the days when she was young and she was just "plain Maggie Smith." This book was written well before Maggie Smith became an international star. "No one gave a hoot about me when I was plain Maggie Smith; but they drank champagne out of Madame Salvatini's slipper!"
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Maybe Its Not Really Magic, But Its Still Magical
11 Jan 2009
Format:Paperback
This is Edward Eager's sequel to Magic Or Not. In The Well Wishers Laura, James, Deborah, Lydia, and Kip are joined by Gordy, a misfit who, unusually for Edward Eager, isn't particularly intelligent and definitely hates to read. Eager continues the equivocation over whether the magic is real or not that he started in Magic Or Not, making this book, like its predecessor, a bit less sparkling than Eager's other works. Nevertheless, there are many fine features to The Well Wishers. Each child gets a chapter to express his or her own point of view on the adventures, and Eager's trademark multitudinous literary and historical references continue. Additionally, there is some gentle but thought provoking commentary on the world of the late 1950s and the early 1960s which might elude many of the children who read it, but will appeal to discerning adults looking for quality reading for the young. And, like all of Eager's works, those adults who come back to them after first reading them as children will recognize with pleasure that they are as funny and fresh as we remember them.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful!
12 Aug 2001
Format:Paperback
This is a great book about magic! Five kids discover a magic wishing well and use it for the greater good-sort of. Edward Eager's books are all immensely enjoyable, much like Harry Potter or E. Nesbit! Wonderful and I recommend all his books!
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