It all begins with a strange coin on a sun-warmed sidewalk. Jane finds the coin, and because she and her siblings are having the worst, most dreadfully boring summer ever, she idly wishes something exciting would happen. And something does: Her wish is granted. Or not quite. Only half of her wish comes true. It turns out the coin grants wishes-but only by half, so that you must wish for twice as much as you want. Wishing for two times some things...

Book three in the series called "truly magic in a reader's hands" by Jack Gantos, Newbery Medal winner for Dead End in Norvelt. When wishing for magic, it's hard not to wish for too much. If Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha had stopped to think-oh, if they had only stopped to think!-they would have ordered magic by the pound, or by the day, or even by the halves as they had in Half Magic. But no, they asked for magic by the lake-and now they have...

A seven-day book of magic proves to be fractious for five children, who must learn the book's rules and tame its magic.

James, Laura, and Deborah along with their friends Kip, Lydia, and Gordy relate their experiences when the unpredictable old wishing well in the backyard continues to involve them in a variety of magical adventures.

The Southern Kingdom is in the grip of Emperor Seven and his war on both magic, books, and learning; even worse, a malignant darkness is rising and threatening everybody, including Brystal Evergreen, who has gathered allies among the fairies and other magical creatures to confront the threat, but she is also aware that the days of her life are slipping away, and if she does not find the Book of Sorcery in a few weeks she will die.

¡No puedes perderte esta nueva aventura en el mundo de La Tierra de las Historias! EL TIEMPO SE ESTÁ ACABANDO PARA BRYSTAL EVERGREEN... Hace casi un año que hizo un trato con la Muerte: hallar y destruir a la Inmortal a cambio de su propia vida, pero aún no tiene una sola pista de quién es o dónde podría encontrarla. Para empeorar las cosas, algo oscuro y malvado se ha alzado desde las entrañas de la Tierra y, para detener este nuevo peligro,...