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1) Half Magic
Author
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.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Saving the life of Good Witch Willow, Lilah Goodluck receives five unwanted predictions as a reward, and when the first three predictions come true, she is sent into a panic since, according to the fifth prediction, she only has a week to live unless she can stop the fourth one from happening.
4) The wish
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Lila lives far away from the rest of the world on a cliff overlooking the sea, and when she wishes upon a star it is only for a bag of flour, but one night she becomes more adventurous.
5) Yes day!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011, c2009
Language
English
Description
No matter how silly the requests, there is one day a year when kids always receive positive answers: Can I have pizza for breakfast? Yes! Can we have a food fight? Yes! Can I stay up really late? Yes! This day is simply called Yes Day and it's the best day of the year. (publisher).
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
With her wishing day approaching, Darya wants to forget the tradition exists, but when painful memories resurface, she realizes the decision of what to wish for, or what not to wish for, is one of the most important choices of her life.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the morning after her 30th birthday, super-publicist Lucy arrives at her job where she can no longer lie to herself, or to anyone else, forcing her to confront all of the injustices she faces on a daily basis at work, in her relationship and in every aspect of her life.
9) Wishtree
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.
10) Wishing stairs
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Korean
Description
Legend has it, if you climb the 28 stairs leading to the school dormitory and count each step aloud, a 29th step will appear and a spirit will grant you a wish. If you're intentions are honorable, your wish can be a blessing of good fortune. But at this high school, where paranoia and jealousy reign, malicious wishes are about to unleash an unspeakable evil. Be careful what you wish for, some wishes were never meant to be granted.
11) Seven-day magic
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001, c1990
Language
English
Description
A seven-day book of magic proves to be fractious for five children, who must learn the book's rules and tame its magic.
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When social worker Jax receives nine missed calls from her older sister, Lexie, she assumes that it's just another one of her sister's episodes. Manic and increasingly out of touch with reality, Lexie has pushed Jax away for over a year. But the next day, Lexie is dead: drowned in the pool at their grandmother's estate. When Jax arrives at the house to go through her sister's things, she learns that Lexie was researching the history of their family...
14) The water bears
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"With warmth and humor, Kim Baker conjures a magical tale of finding the most elusive creature of all: one's true self."--Kirby Larson, author of the New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor winner Hattie Big Sky and the Audacity Jones series. A quirky, empowering story about a boy recovering from a bear attack with the help of his friends and maybe, some magic. For fans of Lemons by Melissa Savage, Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry...
15) City of wishes
Author
Series
Legends of Lotus Island volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Doing the New Year's break, Plum and her friends travel to fancy, fashionable Nakhon Island to stay with Sam and his mother, the powerful Lady Ubon. The New Year always brings food, parties, and the grand old tradition of making a wish. At first, Plum is dazzled by the big city. But under the glittering surface, many secrets lurk. Mysterious tremors that shake the ground are growing worse by the day. Nakhon's troubles give Plum a chance to fulfill...
16) Wishing day
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Three sisters in the town of Willow Hill participate in a fabled tradition of making three wishes and find out what they really want only after their wishes come true.
17) Small favors
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the secluded town of Amity Falls, Ellerie has the chance to have her secret wishes come true, but there is a price to pay in this retelling of Rumpelstiltskin.
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