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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. Life in isolated Amity Falls in the Blackspire Mountain range has a predictable sameness. Ellerie Downing's days are filled tending to her family's beehives, chasing after her sisters, and dreaming of the adventures that her twin, Samuel, is free to indulge in. When some townsfolk go missing...

A seven-day book of magic proves to be fractious for five children, who must learn the book's rules and tame its magic.

Young fairy Ophelia gets her first wish granting assignment and discovers that, although the fate of the fairy world rests on her completing her task, the job of granting a human's wish is anything but easy.

"A cat who professes not to believe in wishes is granted three of them, but makes them nonetheless"--

"Love Actually meets Groundhog Day in the quintessential holiday romance by the New York Times bestselling author of The Honey-Don't List"-- Maelyn Jones is living with her parents, hates her job, and just messed up her love life. She is dreading the family's last Christmas at their Utah cabin, but one random wish and she may just get a do-over.

Illuminates all the hopeful ways children around the world make wishes. Includes backmatter on the traditions of wish-making.

After their death, Spindrift's parents leave behind one keepsake--a glass orb containing a magical orchid that has the power to make all her wishes come true, but the allure of this extraordinary orchid puts Spindrift's life in danger, leaving her to wonder whether a wish is just a curse in disguise.

"A little boy wants his wishes to come true"--

While his parents work and his babysitter sleeps, Theo wishes on a shooting star not to be alone, and soon the old ornaments he found have come to life.

"A picture book about a boy who wishes upon a star and a star who wishes upon a boy"--