Spoiler Alert! This book is AWESOME! This book is very different from others because the girl in the story keeps mentioning ways to make wishes. In this book, Charlie's Mother can't take care of her so she goes to a different family to live with until her Mom becomes responsible enough to take her back in. From the day she goes to a new family, she kept making wishes. And her goal was to make a wish every day, and so far she didn't miss a wish. Also, her Dad taught her how to make the wishes. In the story, Charlie meets a boy and a stray dog. She falls in love with the dog and decides to name him Wishbone. She tries to play with him, but he keeps running away. But with the help of her "Parents", she was able to make a trap for Wishbone. This book kind of makes me sad, but is a great book to read. I recommend this book for 2nd-4th grade. And also.... anyone!
Wish
By Barbara O'Connor
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 5 | n/a | 5 | 42116 |
A touching story about a girl and her dog, perfect for young animal lovers
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.
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Book Reviews (119)
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It is amazing!!!!! I loved it so much and she is such a good author!!!! After I read it my friend read it and she loved it to!!!
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I've never read this book but it looks like a REALLY good book so I'm going to read it.
So there's this girl named Charley Reese and her family is not very good. so this social services lady comes and takes Charley to her aunt and uncle that she has never met. She makes wishes on everything and she even has a secret wish. Then she started to like living there. Then she gets a best friend and together they catch this dog. At the end she wants to stay with her aunt and uncle. It is a really good book I would recommend it to 3 graders thought 5th
It is a very heart warming story and a very emotional one too. I recommend you to read it is really good at the ending.
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I really liked this book!!!!! I liked this book because of its characters. It is a really good book.