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M Is for Magic
M Is for Magic
Author: Neil Gaiman
Stories to delight, enchant, and surprise you. — Bestselling author and master storyteller Neil Gaiman here presents a breathtaking collection of tales that may chill or amuse readers?but always embrace the unexpected: — A teenage boy who has trouble talking to girls finds himself at a rather unusual party. — A sinister jack-in-the-box haunts the l...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780061186424
ISBN-10: 0061186422
Publication Date: 7/1/2007
Pages: 272
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Wonderful! These are the imaginative short stories you would expect from Neil Gaiman. They fall between Young Adult and Adult reading, to my mind. Highly recommend!
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Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com

M IS FOR MAGIC is a collection of eleven short stories. This book was geared for elementary/middle school but I thought that I couldn't read many of the stories aloud in my classroom because some of the themes are pretty adult.

I liked many of the stories, especially THE WITCH'S HEADSTONE. This was a story about a real boy who was living in a graveyard and being raised by ghosts. He decides to do a very kind thing for a ghost who didn't get a gravestone and the story follows the adventure that goes with that decision.

I also enjoyed THE CASE OF FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS. It was a detective story set with nursery rhyme characters. The detective needs to solve the mystery of who killed Humpty Dumpty. It is told with attitude and is very funny.

There are also stories that are scary or just plain creepy. The story about the jack-in-the-box just gave me chills. So if you want to read some good, strange stories that only take about an hour to read, check this book out.


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