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141) The sister switch
Author
Series
Best wishes (Mlynowski) volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Addie Asante of Columbus, Ohio, feels stuck in the middle. Her big sister, Sophie, bosses her around while her little sister, Camille gets whatever she wants. When Addie receives a mysterious package with a magical bracelet, she makes a wish to no longer be in the middle and--POOF--she's transformed into her big sister! Being Sophie is amazing: Addie can hang out at the caf�e after school, have her own room, and sing in the talent show. But as...
142) Secondhand wishes
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Lexi has to keep the universe in balance. If she does enough good things, like being on time, then the bad things, like her little brother needing more surgery, won't happen. It doesn't always work, but she has to keep trying. Just in case. On an extra bad day, Lexi finds a bag of four wishing stones in the antique shop in town, and wishes that her BFF Cassa and the new girl would stop talking to each other. That night, Cassa calls Lexi, crying over...
Author
Series
Mr Tiger and Betsy volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A humorous, perfect, modern fairytale about a determined girl, Betsy K Glory, Mr Tiger and his troupe of circus acrobats, a lonely giant and an enchanted toad. This is the story of Betsy K Glory, the daughter of a mermaid and an ice-cream maker. She lives on an island that's been left off the map of the world where she wonders how to make wishes come true. She discovers that only Gongalong berries harvested when the moon is blue, then made into delicious-wishes...
Author
Series
Pug who wanted to be volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Peggy the pug puppy is abandoned at the animal shelter just before Christmas, unicorn-loving Chloe's family takes her in for a week. The playful pug loves Chloe and wishes she could stay with her forever. But Chloe doesn't want a dog - she wants a unicorn! Believing anything is possible, Peggy decides she will somehow turn into a unicorn to make Chloe's Christmas. Can Peggy somehow find a way to become a unicorn, making Chloe's Christmas wish...
145) Lizzy Legend
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Lizzy Trudeaux loves basketball. She doesn't have much by way of money, but she has access to the community court, a worn ball named Ginger, and she practices constantly. After fighting to join the boy's team at her school, Lizzy is finally given the opportunity to show off her hard-earned skills. When she answers what she believes is another bill collecting phone call, Lizzy receives a magical wish: the ability to sink every shot. Pure Swish. Now...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Melony Yoshimura's parents have always been overprotective. They say it's because a demonic spirit called the Amanjaku once preyed upon kids back in Japan, but Melony suspects it's just a cautionary tale to keep her in line. So on her twelfth birthday, Melony takes a chance and wishes for the freedom and adventure her parents seem determined to keep her from. As if conjured by her wish, the Amanjaku appears. At first, Melony is wary. If this creature...
147) The water bears
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Newt Gomez has a thing with bears. Last year, he survived a bear attack. And this year, he finds an unusual bear statue that just might grant wishes. Newt's best friend, Ethan, notices a wishbone on the statue and decides to make a wish. When it comes true, Newt thinks it's a coincidence. Even as more people wish on the bear and their wishes come true, Newt is not convinced. But Newt has a wish too: while he loves his home on eccentric Murphy Island,...
148) The whispers
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Riley's mom has disappeared and Riley knows that if he leaves tributes for the whispers, magical fairies that grant wishes, his mom will come back to him"--
Eleven-year-old Riley believes in the whispers, magical fairies that will grant you wishes if you leave them tributes. Riley has a lot of wishes. He wishes bullies at school would stop picking on him. He wishes Dylan, his 8th grade crush, liked him, and Riley wishes he would...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Can Nickelodeon's Nella the Princess Knight make Sir Garret's birthday wish come true? Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 will love finding out in this Step 2 deluxe Step into Reading leveled reader. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Join Nickelodeon's Nella the Princess Knight for adventures in a fairy tale filled with dragons, unicorns,...
150) The mending summer
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
For Georgia, this summer is shaping up to be a big disappointment. Mama is busy studying for her biology degree. Daddy is working nights, and often the man who comes home isn't Daddy. He's a man who looks like Daddy, but walks a little wobbly. Who sounds like Daddy, but sings a little too loud. Georgia calls him the Shadow Man. So now, instead of riding horses with her friends at camp, Georgia is sent off to the country to stay with her mysterious...
151) Old Misery
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Old Misery comes by her name honestly. She has just two possessions that are worth anything to her: her cat, Rutterkin, and her apple tree. The apple tree would be something, if it weren't for the stealing. Her miserable days are spent hobbling up and down the hill, to shoo away the apple thieves. So when one day a lowly gentleman knocks at the door, asking for a meal in exchange for a wish, Old Misery is quick to accept. She wishes that whoever...
152) Freaky Friday
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A thirteen-year-old girl gains a much more sympathetic understanding of her relationship with her mother when she has to spend a day in her mother's body.
153) Time after time
Author
Series
Best wishes (Mlynowski) volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lucy Usthorn of Fort Worth, Texas, is super excited for her class trip to the Natural History Museum. Sure, Ms. Brock, the strict school librarian who happens to be dating Lucy's dad (awkward) is chaperoning. But it'll still be the best day, right? Wrong! Lucy watches in shock and humiliation as her dad proposes to Ms. Brock. Lucy is distraught. If only she could do this day over from scratch... Enter the magic bracelet. It arrives in the mail, with...
154) I wish you more
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
In simple text and pictures, the author and illustrator create a compendium of small daily moments.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When her boyfriend dies, a grieving Ari uses a spell to erase her memories of him, and this spell triggers a series of events that reveal hidden and sometimes dangerous connections between her friends and the boyfriend she no longer remembers.
156) I want to be big!
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Jaiceon's wish to be bigger starts out as a grand adventure of fantastical grown-up fun, but as he grows, the situation grows out of control along with him, and he starts to wonder if being small was not so bad after all.
157) Perfectly popular
Author
Series
Wish fairy volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
With just four wishes left from her fairy friend Calla, Brooke is determined to make them count. This time she's going to wish for a talent -- and be the star of the school concert! Brooke has always felt invisible, but not anymore! Then Calla decides she wants to come to school, too. How is Brooke supposed to enjoy her stardom when she's hiding a secret fairy? -- from Amazon.
Author
Series
Butterfly wishes volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Sisters Addie and Clara have just moved to a new house in the country, where they discover that their backyard is a gateway to the enchanted realm of magical butterflies called Wishing Wings. These special butterflies have the power to make wishes come true! When a group of just-emerged butterflies--New Blooms--are in danger of losing their magic, Addie and Clara must team up with a pair of butterfly princesses to save them, making new friends and...
159) Hummingbird
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
When twelve-year-old Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy, but if she can find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted.
Author
Series
Star darlings (Chapter books) volume 1
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
High in the sky above Earth on a beautiful star that thrives on human wishes, Sage, a new student at Star Academy, receives an important mission.
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