When Wishes Were Horses

What would you wish for? In this young middle-grade novel by the Newbery Medal- and Newbery Honor-winning author, four kids in the same town are each granted two wishes. Full of magic, adventure, friendship, family, surprises, and lots of dogs, this is for readers who love Katherine Applegate and Sara Pennypacker.

How do such things happen? Something appears, sudden as disaster. It wasn't there and now it is. An envelope arrives, in your mailbox, on your dinner table, your dresser, your computer keyboard. It's in your hand. You are alone when it finds you. No one else sees it, to ask about it or take it from you. There is only your name on the envelope. Inside, two pieces of pale gray tissue paper, each the size of a playing card, and simple instructions:

ONE WISH AT A TIME

WHISPER IT TO ME

BE WISE

Magic? Impossible. But what if . . . ?

Casey, Zoe, Billy, and Bug live in the same town. They don't know one another . . . yet. But mysteriously, they are connected by magic. Specifically, they've each been given two wishes. What would you wish for? Casey yearns for a dog. Zoe wants her parents to stop fighting. Billy has always wanted a unicorn. Bug would love a Lego kit, a really complicated one. And do their wishes come true? The answer may surprise you.

Author: Cynthia Voigt
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 08/13/2024
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780062996923

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 07/01/2024 pg. 86
Publishers Weekly 07/08/2024
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2024
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2024 pg. 100
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2024 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Voigt, Cynthia: -

Cynthia Voigt is the Newbery Medal- and Newbery Honor-winning author of more than twenty books, including Dicey's Song and A Solitary Blue. She is also the author of Little Bird, illustrated by Newbery Medal-winning author Lynne Rae Perkins. She lives in Maine.