Cover of A Magic Crystal?

A Magic Crystal?

by Louis Sachar · 1999

Marvin Redpost seriesNext:Super Fast, Out of Control!(2000) →

+ Want to read

Marvin is amazed when he goes home with Casey Happleton one day after school and discovers that she lives in an old fire station. But that's not all that surprises him. Casey has a secret she wants to share - a crystal with super magical powers. A crystal that makes all your wishes come true. Can it be real or could she be casting her own spell on him?

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
short · 128 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare pricesHardcover

Liked A Magic Crystal?? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked A Magic Crystal?. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. The School Skeleton Ron Roy · 2003 Shares childrens, chapter, childhood
  2. Back to School, Weird Kids Rule! Dan Gutman · 2014 Shares childrens, chapter, humor
  3. Food Chain Frenzy Anne Capeci, Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen · 2003 Shares childrens, chapter, fiction
  4. The Mystery of Case D. Luc Beverly Lewis · 1995 Shares childrens, chapter, childhood
See more recommendations →

“People who read A Magic Crystal? tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Dinosaur Detectives Judith Bauer Stamper · 2002
  2. Funny Frank Dick King-Smith · 2001
  3. Stanley in Space Jeff Brown · 1990
  4. March Of The Ankylosaurus Rex Stone · 2008

“If you want more of the same (humor about childhood), start with these.”

  1. Attaboy, Sam! Lois Lowry · 1992
  2. The Boys Start the War, the Girls Get Even Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 1993
  3. Regular Guy Sarah Weeks · 1999
  4. 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents Lee Wardlaw · 1996

“If it was the childhood that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. (Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb) By Francesca Simon (Author) Paperback on (Jun , 2008) Francesca Simon · 2002
  2. Doggone It! Nancy E. Krulik · 2003
  3. All About Sam Lois Lowry · 1988
  4. Fudge-a-Mania Judy Blume · 1990

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Genie with the Light Blue Hair Ellen Conford · 1989
  2. Shugo Chara!, Vol. 1: Who Do You Want to Be? Peach-Pit · 2006
  3. Heidi Heckelbeck Makes a Wish: Super Special! Wanda Coven · 2016
  4. The Book of Crystal Spells: Magical Uses for Stones, Crystals, Minerals... and Even Sand Ember Grant · 2013

Report a problem