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Summary: Shadow Castle is deliciously magnificent!
Review: Out of curiosity I entered Shadow Castle into the Amazon.com search. To my delight it was there! I too had not dreamed this wonderful fairy tale as a little girl. Thankfully and amazingly, I still have my copy from the fifth grade (1968), and keep it in a plastic zip bag. This summer vacation I plan to share this wonderful story with my two daughters (ages 11 and 14) as we will read aloud together the enchanted pages, made even more magical by the pages having been darkened by time. I can't wait to follow the little white dog with a black ear into "The Hidden Tunnel" again. What a fabulous movie Shadow Castle would make! For now, read and enjoy!
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Summary: My favorite childhood book!!!
Review: What a joy to find "Shadow Castle" on the Amazon web site. I had all but given up looking for it after reading it as a child (probably 4th or 5th grade) and losing the book somewhere along the road to becoming a grown up. Now, thanks to the help of my sister who found it at Amazon.com, I am looking forward to my daughter's 11th birthday in June so I can give it to her. I know she'll love it as much as I did when I read it. My only regret is that it is too short. I would love to read a sequel if there's one out there. Anybody know?
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Summary: It wasn't a dream after all...
Review: I've been searching for this book for so long, I was beginning to think I'd imagined the whole thing. I was probably 9, 10, or 11 when I first discovered this absolute treasure in one of my classrooms in East LA. It was in paperback, and I must have read it at least 12 times before I moved w/ my family and thought Mica and his world wforever lost to me. Even today, at age of 39, I still get a warm feeling knowing Mica/Michael's long wait is almost up, and he'll once again join the one(s) he loves. I still have vivid memories of the goblin/butter scene. My search for this book all these years was hampered by the fact that I mistakenly remembered the author as "Marion Campbell". We don't plan to have children, but we have several nieces and nephews that I KNOW will just absolutely love this tale as much as I did!!
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Summary: What a WONDERFUL Day!
Review: Like everyone else, I've searched for years, including amazon. I don't know why I tried it again this evening, but it's the first day of spring and I found Shadow Castle! It's a magical world after all!If you haven't read it, give yourself a present you will treasure the rest of your life.
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Summary: Shadow Castle was my very first favorite book!
Review: At 40 I found it again and shared it with my own child. He saw immediately why his mother had so loved Mica's story. I used to have dreams of being the one flying with him, instead of Maria. I cannot describe how lovely it was to read this great book once again!
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Summary: A wonderful original fairy tale book for ages 4 or 5 to 8.
Review: I read "Shadow Castle" 30 years ago and still have my Scholastic Book Club copy. It's a wonderful book for age 8's or so to read to themselves or to read out loud to the 5 and 6-year-olds. Each chapter is a self-contained story, with the book bound together by the two main characters, a little girl and a young man, the fairy family, and an enchanted valley. I am so glad to see that it's in print again.
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Summary: a modern spin on romantic fary tales
Review: Shadow Castle is the perfect book for a modern, free-spirited junior miss who also happens to enjoy fairy tales and magic. This book engenders real feeling for the characters as well as participation in the magic and joy of youth, while maintaining a modern tone for young ladies who choose for themselves what they wish to become.
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Summary: The best children's fantasy book ever
Review: When I was 10 (26 years ago) I came across Shadow Castle in the school library and ended up falling in love with it and reading it over and over again. It was wonderful! Then one day the school library had a book sale. I saw Shadow Castle in the pile but didn't have enough money to buy it. The regular librarian was gone - she would have held it for me. How I regretted that day! As the years have passed the memory of the story line has faded, but I remember that it was my all time favorite book and I would ALWAYS keep searching for it. In fact, for the past 26 years I have been searching for Shadow Castle. You have no idea how wonderful it is to finally have found it! Thank you for bringing it back!!
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Summary: Brings back my childhood.
Review: As a child I had a copy of the book as Marian Cockrell was a family friend. Her niece and I were friends. I still see Ann (she became my step-sister) and we both lost our copies of the book. What a delight to find it again. I am going to share it with my daughter.
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Summary: The most wonderful book I read, as a child.
Review: When I discovered Shadow Castle, at the age of 9 (41 years ago!), the copy at our local library became, virtually, mine! I checked it out, and got extensions on it, so often, that I nearly memorized it. And then the book disappeared from the library! I was devistated. I have searched for Shadow Castle for 27 years, at used book stores, at out of print search sources, at old book sales, and everywhere else I thought I might find a copy, since my son was born, to share it with him. Now he has two children of his own, and finally, I can read this book again, for them, and for me. It is the best work of juvenile fantasy ever written, and is a wonderful introduction to the world of fantasy literature. I have never forgotten the world beyond the rock in the foothills. Thank you Amazon, for bringing Shadow Castle back into print, for other generations to enjoy!
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