wishes

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wishes

Maya running

2005
Maya, a Canadian of East Indian descent, struggles with her ethnic identity, infatuation with a classmate, and the presence of her beautiful Bengali cousin, Pinky, who comes for a visit bearing a powerful statue of the god Ganesh, the Hindu elephant boy.

Half magic

1999
Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.

Myron's magic cow

2005
While performing a chore for his Mother, Myron acquires a magical cow and makes a special wish.

Burnt toast on Davenport Street

1997
Arthur and Stella Crandall, two dogs, are for the most part content with their lives until a fly gets mixed up while granting Arthur three wishes.

Molly and the magic wishbone

2001
Molly's fairy godmother gives her a magic fishbone that will grant one wish, which the resourceful girl saves until she really needs it.

The wish stealers

2011
Years ago pennies were stolen from a wishing fountain, and it falls to Griffin to set things right, but he will undoubtedly face grave dangers on his quest.

The bad-luck penny

1996
A boy finds a shiny penny that he thinks will bring him good luck, but it grants his wishes in undesirable ways.

The Wish Master

2000
Certain that his grandfather doesn't want him around, Corby is unhappy when he and his mother go to spend the summer in Wisconsin to help take care of his ailing grandmother, until a local boy takes him to the Wish Master.

The wish

2000
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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