Gail Carson Levine

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Jeni Enjaian

Yikes.
I have now started working through my to do list to clear the book on the list that I put on the longest ago, at this point 2012 of which this is one. My tastes and experiences with middle grades and young adult books as definitely changed. 
The entire book sets up the opportunity for Wilma, the protagonist, to learn what she truly wants and needs through a wish granted after a good deed. Unfortunately, Wilma, even with presented with an incredible number of opportunities to change as well as the ramifications of her wish for popularity, doesn't change at all. Even when the wish ends and she no longer has the popularity that she begged for, she still craves the approval of those people. Additionally, the secondary characters who instantly fall in love with her after the granting of the wish, still act ridiculous towards her when the wish ends.
Completely unsatisfying book.

Milana Marie Waller

This book was a good quick read. I️ thought it was a bit cheesy, but maybe because it was old without being old enough to recognize how(published 2000) . Tbh I️ found Jared extremely creepy and honorably crusty. Wilma was super sweet, but if her “friends” didn’t see that without the spell, they’re not really true friends. THey blamed Wilma but it’s their fault for not seeing how cool she was.

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Shayna Mae

There's nothing wrong with Wilma Sturtz. She's perfectly nice. But nobody cares about nice at Claverford, her middle school. Wilma is left out, forgotten, ignored -- until she meets an extraordinary old lady who grants a wish: for Wilma to be the most popular kid in school. Presto! Everything changes. Now Wilma has more best friends than she can keep track of and forty dates to the Graduation Night Dance; and someone is writing her love poetry. What more could she want? Nothing! But will it last? How can Wilma make sure she is never unpopular again? From Gail Carson Levine, author of the Newbery Honor book Ella Enchanted, this modern-day fairy tale shows a very real girl in a very unusual predicament, and along the way it reveals some painful truths about whether or not we really want to be liked for who we are. Books for the Teen Age 2001 (NYPL)

The Wish

Tiffanie Dang

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.

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Zoe Smolen

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