The Well-Wishers

The wishing well is all used up, its magic drained, its enchantment gone dry.
Or has it?
In a reckless moment, Gordy threatens the old well, telling it to get going with its magic o r else! and that seems to do the trick. Suddenly Laura, Lydia, James, and Kip—who feared their autumn would unfold without magic—are plunged into just the sort of outlandish adventures they'd longed for.
But is it really the well's magic that transforms troublemaker Dicky LeBaron from ne'er-do-well to hero? Or keeps Appledore's orchard—and love life—in bloom? Or sends James on a doubly daring rescue of a damsel in distress?
What does it matter? Sometimes the best kind of magic is the kind that isn't so magical at all. . . .

The wishing well has stopped working! Can the kids get it started again?

The friend group is growing up a little and I found this entry a little less charming, but appreciated the message of acceptance in an older book. I don't think the later entries in the tales of magic books measure up to Half Magic and Magic by the Lake for me, but I'll finish them out since I have just one left. 3.5 stars.

Ugh. I love Half Magic and Knight's Castle but this has none of the charm and delicate touch of either of those. It was preachy and ham handed and just not at all what I wanted.

Awww... I appreciated Eager's adding in the gradual maturation of the characters more now. I find it interesting the way values have flipped, particularly with one character. But it was just a lovely book and I found a beautiful wisdom in his dealing with differences.

Edward Eager's books were stories I loved as a child and having re-read them as an adult I still quite enjoy them. The stories and characters hold up to the test of time. These books are clever and intriguing and the characters are very endearing.

This book is about a group of kids, Laura, Lidia, James, Kip, and Gordy. They find a they found a wishing well in a forest last summer and from then on it has helped the kids. But one day, the well didn't reaspond, the well's magic was gone! And then Gordy threatend the well and it started working again! After that, all autum they had magical adventures. I liked this book because I like the way that Edward Eager made each chapter in a diferent perspective of each character. I also really like each magic thing that happens has a unque twist to it.

edward eagars books are some of the best of the children's magic. simple without being simplistic, and charming as hell.