The Seventh Wish [Paperback]

With the same warmth and fun that readers loved inAll the Answers, award-winning author Kate Messner weaves fantasy into the ordinary, giving every reader the opportunity to experience a little magic.

Be careful what you wish for . . .

When Charlie Brennan goes ice fishing on her town's frozen lake, she hopes the fish she reels in will help pay for a fancy Irish dancing dress for her upcoming competition. Instead, she catches a talking fish that offers to grant her wishes in exchange for its freedom, and Charlie's world turns upside down, as her wishes go terribly--and hilariously--wrong.

Just as Charlie is finally getting the hang of communicating with a magical fish, a family crisis brings reality into sharp focus. Charlie quickly learns that the real world doesn't always keep fairy-tale promises and life's toughest challenges can't be fixed by a simple wish . . .

Kate Messneris passionately curious and writes books that encourage kids to wonder, too. Her titles include award-winning picture books likeOver and Under the Snow,Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, andHow to Read a Story; novels likeCapture the Flag, All the Answers,andBreakout;the Fergus and Zeke easy reader series, and the Ranger in Time historical chapter book series. Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family and is trying to summit all forty-six Adirondack High Peaks in between book deadlines.
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An empathetic, beautiful, magical, fiercely necessary book that stares unflinchingly at the very real challenges contemporary kids face and gently assures them they are not alone. Kate Messner gives her readers a story to cherish. Anne Ursu, author of BREADCRUMBS and THE REAL BOY

Hopeful, empathetic, and unusually enlightening. starred review,