Octagon Magic vs The Watch House: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Houses, Children's fiction, Fiction
Octagon Magic
A shy, friendless little girl seeks refuge with the friendly occupants of a strange eight-sided house.
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The Watch House
While spending the summer with her old nurse on the north English coast, a teen-age girl discovers that her presence in the nearby Watch House, a museum containing relics of shipwrecks and rescues, releases a powerful…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- The Watch House has the widest readership — 3 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Octagon Magic | The Watch House | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | 3.5 (2) |
Reception
| Octagon Magic | The Watch House | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2 | 3 |
| Editions | 16 | 16 |
| Citations | — | 3 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 286 |
| Pages | 189 | 228 |