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Review Excerpt by Piers Anthony, Science Fiction and Fantasy author of the popular Xanth series

"I found Tato to be a well-written fantasy novel that...became compelling as the magic developed....The story is interesting with young Michael believing more than he should, and the power of his belief making it real. It also gets scary, as the malign mirror eats souls. It's about a seven year old boy who tries to make a little brother from a potato and almost succeeds. But he messes up the formula and spills some on a mirror, so not only does he get a talking potato instead of a brother, the mirror starts devouring people, including his parents. Now he has to go into the mirror himself to try to rescue them, and it's harrowing. POT-Tato is cute. Getting lost in mirror-land, and stalked by trapped bugs is good adventure. So I did enjoy this novel, and think a young reader would too."