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M Is for Magic

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By Neil Gaiman
Publisher HaperCollins Publishers
M Is for Magic
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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 readersbut always embrace the unexpected A teenage boy who has trouble talking to girls finds himself at a rather unusual party. A sinister jackinthebox haunts the lives of the children who owned it. A boy raised in a graveyard makes a discovery and confronts the much more troubling world of the living. A stray cat fights a nightly battle to protect his adopted family from a terrible evil. These eleven stories illuminate the real and the fantastic, and will be welcomed with great joy by Neil Gaimans many fans as well as by readers coming to his work for the first time.

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47057 words47,057 words
272 pages272 pages
Lexile 880LLexile 880L
Grade 3 to 7Grade 3 to 7
Age 8-12Age 8-12
Published 2007Published 2007

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9780061186424

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