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Magic: New Stories |  | Creators: J.K. Rowling, Sarah Brown, Gil McNeil
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 10685
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0747557462
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780747557463
ASIN: 0747557462
Publication Date: June 3, 2002
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 All you could ask for from a collection of short stories. January 11, 2005
Alexander (England)
71 out of 75 found this review helpful
I'll be honest, I only bought this book because I'm a J.K.Rowling fan and I have to have everything she's ever had published (even if it's only a foreward). I wasn't expecting too much from the actual stories themselves. But I was more than merely pleasantly suprised. The stories are wonderful. Each one is somehow very different from the others but they all share an element of 'sparkle' which makes the collection jell rather well. This 'sparkle' is not just magic, though there is some magic (of sorts) in some of the stories, but is rather a property of the characters. Though the stories are all about different people the main characters have, in their behaviour, something which makes them stand out, something which makes them just a little bit special. Perhaps it's this which makes the stories so enchanting; the fact that the characters are close to being average and normal, but have some small quality which anyone might possess, but which almost no-one actually does possess. I hope that makes some sense. If not, let me simply say that the stories are not only very original but are also very well written and very enjoyable to read. I highly recommend this collection of short stories.
Loved it! July 20, 2005
maria1971
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
A collection of short stories by some of today's most popular authors... and a good cause thrown in for good measure. This collection is extremely varied, in terms of both writing styles and subject matter, so there's bound to be a few stories in there you'll absolutely love. pBuy this book - you won't regret it.
 Splendid book, filled with sparkling stories June 21, 2002
Mrs. A. J. Shingler (Stoke, Staffs)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
I rarely read collections of short stories, but this one attracted me - it contans stories written by today's modern (mostly women) writers, and all of them tempted me to read other works by them. pEach story has magic as its theme - that is not to say the rabbit out of the hat magic, but more often the magic of an emotion or a feeling. My personal favourite is indeed the rabbit from a hat story by Meera Syal! pI can imagine that these stories will not appeal to everyone, but most of them will appeal to most women!pRead and enjoy.
NOT by J K Rowling! But a great book for older teenagers nonetheless April 4, 2009
Bookworm (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got this for my daughter because it had J K Rowling listed as first author and she'd bookmarked it. Don't be fooled. JK only wrote the foreword.
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br /However, this is a fantastic collection of modern British stories, suitable for adults or older teenagers (not my 11 year old!). I'm glad we got it but find the listing of JKR as first named author to be more than a little strange.
Not a child's book! June 7, 2009
Amanda de Chassart
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just a word of warning. Great book, but not appropriate for children under the age of 15. Amanda de Chassart
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