The Magic Meadow
by Alexander Key
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In the dark of a grim hospital ward, five children escape to another worldThey call themselves the incurables. They are five children doomed to spend their lives in Belleview's Ward Nine, unable to walk, care for themselves, or even take a trip outside. Their days are gloomy, but they have one another, and at night they play the game. Whispering about places that could never be, they build worlds so vivid that they almost seem real. And then one night, their dreams come true. While the show more others sleep, Brick closes his eyes and thinks harder than he ever has about the place he calls the Magic Mea show lessTags
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I would have adored this when I was a child. I did, and still do, admire and am fond of [b:The Forgotten Door|409320|The Forgotten Door|Alexander Key|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1429431914l/409320._SX50_.jpg|2006907], though Key's [b:Escape to Witch Mountain|458191|Escape to Witch Mountain|Alexander Key|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1290574139l/458191._SY75_.jpg|2006905] was a little *too* exciting for me. After three books, I'm noticing that Key often wrote of this same sort of theme, of children who aren't just misfits, but truly out of place and deserving of finding a home. Several of them are on openlibrary and I will read more of them there.
You who show more are unfamiliar with Key might not want to start here. It's a little odd, a little awkward, from the point of view of a reader of the 21st century. Not bad, just different....
Interestingly, it looks like Key wrote in other genres, too... I'm not as interested in those books. Are any of you familiar with them? show less
You who show more are unfamiliar with Key might not want to start here. It's a little odd, a little awkward, from the point of view of a reader of the 21st century. Not bad, just different....
Interestingly, it looks like Key wrote in other genres, too... I'm not as interested in those books. Are any of you familiar with them? show less
Sick kids, portal fantasy. nice. Forgotten Door is better.
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- Canonical title
- The Magic Meadow
- Original publication date
- 1975
- People/Characters
- Brick; Charlie Pill; Diz Dobie; Princess; Lily Rose; Nurse Jackson
- Important places
- Ward Nine, Belleview Hospital
- First words
- For a few startled seconds after he opened his eyes, Brick didn't know what to think.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Brick and the rest moved through it, slowly, wonderingly, yesterday's children going to meet the children of tomorrow.
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- Reviews
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- Rating
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 1
