Barbara O'Connor

From award-winning author Barbara O'Connor comes a middle-grade novel about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers the true meaning of family.

Wish

Eleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish, such as cutting off the pointed end of a slice of pie and wishing on it as she takes the last bite. But when she is sent to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to live with family she barely knows, it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true. That is until she meets Wishbone, a skinny stray dog who captures her heart, and Howard, a neighbor boy who proves surprising in lots of ways. Suddenly Charlie is in serious danger of discovering that what she thought she wanted may not be what she needs at all. From award-winning author Barbara O'Connor comes a middle-grade novel about a girl who, with the help of a true-blue friend, a big-hearted aunt and uncle, and the dog of her dreams, unexpectedly learns the true meaning of family in the least likely of places. This title has Common Core connections.

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Janice Hopper

I wish every child with anger issues, a father in jail, and a mother with emotional problems could land in an environment where EVERY PERSON AROUND HER (except maybe a grumpy teacher and a Mean Girl) was totally understanding and accepting of her.

Even her dog was super easy to train, for the most part.

It's sweet, but a little too sweet for me, maybe. It just makes me mad that reality isn't like this.

But if you want a gentle, saccharine story about finding a family, this is a good one.

Wish

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