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The Story of the Amulet (Puffin Classics)
by E. Nesbit

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Author: E. Nesbit
Illustrator: H. R. Millar
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-08-01
ISBN: 0140367527
Number of pages: 304
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Puffin

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Book Review: A classic children's fantasy set in Edwardian London
Summary: 4 Stars

E. Nesbit completed her best known trilogy of fantasy books with The story of the Amulet. It returns us to the lives of the brothers and sisters we met in Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet. But the tone is darker and the freedom from adult observation is due to lonelyness rather than holiday freedoms, as was the case in the earlier novels. The children's parents are in danger of their life, and they find themselves faced with the chance to help when they meet the iracible Psammiad again. It leads them to a time travelling amulet, which might have the power to grant them their hearts desire.

Much of the charm of this book comes from the realism of the children's characters. No matter that they dress in the plus fours and petticoats of the Edwardian age, their bickering and wonder in the face of magical events makes them timeless.

A marvelous book, and a farewell to a familier group of children hovering on the verge of adulthood.

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