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3) Wishtree
Author
Language
English
Description
"Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree" -- people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say that Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experience as a wishtree is more important than ever"--
4) The wish
Author
Language
English
Description
When granted her wish to be the most popular girl in school, Wilma, an eighth grader, forgets that she will graduate in three weeks and her popularity will vanish.
5) Half magic
Author
Series
Tales of magic volume 1
Language
English
Description
Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.
6) Hummingbird
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Twelve-year-old Olive suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life. When she is finally allowed to attend school in person, she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy. Olive hopes to find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby. If she can prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted. - adapted from run-on sentence provided.
8) Best wishes
Author
Series
Best wishes (Mlynowski) volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After her best friend ditches her, fifth-grader Becca, feeling devastated and alone, yearns for people to like her, so when a magical bracelet grants her wish to have loads of friends, she soon discovers having a dream come true is not as simple as it seems.
Author
Language
English
Description
Meg Finn is in trouble. She's dead, but not at peace--she's in limbo, her good deeds perfectly balanced against her bad deeds; Heaven or Hell wait, a tip of the scale away. So she's back on Earth trying to tip the scale to the good by helping her last victim, and her former "partner" is also back, trying to force her to tip the scale to the bad.
10) Carnival magic
Author
Series
Other side (Amy Ephron) volume 2
Language
English
Description
While visiting Aunt Evie in Devon-by-the-Sea, England, Tess and Max are whisked away by a magical carnival in need of rescue.
Author
Series
Other side (Amy Ephron) volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Sent for the summer to their aunt's sleepy village in the English countryside, Tess and Max find the key to a castle hidden from time and learn that wishes can come true, if they wish carefully"--
13) The collectors
Author
Series
Collectors (Jacqueline West) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Van has always been an outsider. Most people don't notice him. But he notices them. And he notices the small trinkets they drop, or lose, or throw away--that's why his collection is full of treasures. Then one day, Van notices a girl stealing pennies from a fountain, and everything changes. He follows the girl, Pebble, and uncovers an underground world full of wishes and the people who collect them. Apparently not all wishes are good and even good...
14) Dodger and me
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
3 CDs (approximately 3 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Miserable because his only friend moved away and he has once again caused his baseball team to lose a game, fifth-grader Willy Ryan's life suddenly becomes a lot more interesting when he finds Dodger, a furry, blue chimpanzee that only he can see, and he has to decide what he really wishes for in life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 CD (1 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Judy's brother Stink, who desperately wants it to snow for Christmas, gets his wish when a new mailman, who knows a lot about weather patterns and has a fondness for the cold, arrives.
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Library edition.
Physical Desc
2 CDs (approximately 59 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
No messin' with my lesson: Katie's teacher, Mrs. Derkman, hopes to win the Teacher of the Year contest, but her chances do not look good when Katie turns into her teacher and cannot keep a class full of out-of-control third-graders in line.
No bones about it: Katie and her third-grade class go on a field trip to the natural history museum where Katie finds herself magically transported into the body of their tour guide.
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