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I haven't read a Magic Tree House book since I was seven. Reading Midnight on the Moon (MTH #8) is one of my first book memories. I loved the series then and I am happy to say that I love the series now. I had my doubts. I thought the series wouldn't age well. Gah! I was wrong.

Christmas in Camelot offered adventure and magic- perfect for the holiday season. It read along the lines of both Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia. Props to Mary Pope Osborne. Thanks for keeping my childhood alive and going!

marc_lucke's review against another edition

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4.0

I've been looking forward to reading Christmas in Camelot for a while, as it marks the first book in the new iteration of the long-running series. After 28 entries aimed at 5-to-8-year-olds, #29 was supposed to add a soupçon of pre-adolescent maturity to the mix; I was curious to see what the results would be.

As with any successful franchise, change comes slowly. CiC plays out along the same formulaic lines as the other entries in the series, though the story is longer -- allowing for more introspection on the part of the main characters -- and the dragons Jack and Annie have to face are described in greater, more horrific detail. When my 9-year-old and I talked about it afterwards, she said that she felt like she was getting to know the characters a little better, so the extra word count is going to good use.

I'm looking forward to reading more of these new adventures and I wonder how the siblings might evolve a little in the future.

michele_ann_'s review

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3.0

This book wasn't exactly like how I remembered it as a child. I wish I enjoyed it the same way. Maybe if I read it around Christmas my rating and enjoyment would have been higher.

meredith_gayle's review against another edition

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5.0

Very magical story, this one.

karingforbooks's review against another edition

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4.0

Love Arthurian stories. Liked that this one was more in depth and more was at stake.

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4.0

A cup, a compass, a key: the magic tree house has brought siblings Annie and Jack to Camelot, where they embark on a mysterious mission to find these enigmatic gifts. In this special hardcover addition to the bestselling Magic Tree House series, the young adventurers must travel to the Otherworld, an "ancient, enchanted land beyond the edge of the Earth, the place where all magic began" to save Camelot from dark wizard Mordred's evil spell. If they fail, Camelot will be forgotten forever. Fans of the beloved, highly readable series by Mary Pope Osborne will rise to the challenge of this longer, more complex companion to her other titles, which include Earthquake in the Early Morning and Twister on Tuesday. As in every story in the sequence, Jack and Annie bravely plunge into their quest, learning about a culture and time very far removed from their own, and prove once again that children can make a difference.

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