A Mid-Semester Night's Dream

by Margaret Meacham

Book Overview

What seventh-grader hasn't wished for a little magic now and then to smooth the course of true love? Magic certainly seems like the only thing that will get Ben to notice Morgan, and lo and behold, it... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 0439853745
• ISBN13: 9780439853743
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Book of the year!

This book was about a girl named Morgan and a fairy named Gretta who casts spells on Morgan so a boy would like her. I think that this book is funny because Grettta always casts the wrong spells on Morgan. Maple Valley WA USA age 8

Angst and Magic in Junior High

Living through junior high school does feel a bit like being lost in a forrest -- suddenly your surroundings are confusing and the path in front of you is unknown. Your body is changing, your friends change, your ideas about boys change -- Morgan Yates is a prime example. Morgan does not have a mother to turn to for advice -- but suddenly help appears in the guise of a glittering, if inept, fairy godmother-in-training. Being 13 is also a magical time, and Ms. Meacham does an excellent job of showing both the joys and possibilities, as well as the fears and angst, in Morgans life. Like Shakespeare, she's quite adept as a comic writer and her characters are three-dimensional; unlike Shakespeare, she's writing a novel, not a play; she's writing a modern book for a younger audience, who certainly will thank her for this imaginative novel. Also recommended by the same author: The Secret of Heron Creek