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Charlie
feels like
she's always
coming in
last. Between
her Mom's new
job and her
sister's life
away at
college,
everything
else seems
more important
than Charlie's
upcoming Irish
dance
competition,
her science
project, or
how much she
misses her
sister. One
day, while
icefishing,
Charlie makes
a discovery
that changes
everything. A
strange fish
offers to
grant her a
wish in
exchange for
its freedom.
Charlie can't
believe her
luck - but
soon realizes
that this fish
has an odd way
of granting
wishes, as
even her best
intentions go
awry. When her
family faces
the challenge
of her older
sister's
heroin
addiction,
Charlie
wonders if
some things
might be too
important to
risk on a wish
fish. (Vermont
Dorothy
Canfield
Fisher Book
Award,
2018) |
| SUBJECTS: Family life -- Fiction. Fantasy fiction. Magic -- Fiction. Schools -- Fiction. Wishes -- Fiction. |
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