num_pages: 192
description: Four children wish on a Half Magic coin that gets their mother Alison half-way home, rescued by Mr Smith. Mark's wish zaps them to a desert without island, where half-talking cat Carrie gabbles to a camel. Romantic Katherine battles Launcelot. Eldest Jane rejects siblings for another family. Stubborn youngest, Martha, causes a riot downtown.
language: English
title: Half Magic
titlecomplete: Half Magic (Tales of Magic, #1)
characters: Jane Whitefield, Katharine, Martha (divers), Mark Fuller
genres: Classics, Adventure, Fantasy, Childrens, Juvenile, Humor, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Fiction, Magic
ratings_count: 37098
series: Tales of Magic
publisher: Harcourt Odyssey