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O’Connor, Barbara.
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#1 Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since the fourth grade. But when she is separated from her older sister and sent to live with family she barely knows, it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true. With the help of a stray dog, a plucky neighbor and a big-hearted family, Charlie discovers that what she thought she wants may not be what she needs in order to find happiness. (Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award, 2018) Booktalk #2 Charlie Reese makes a secret wish every day since the fourth grade and has a list of the ways there are to make a wish. Charlie comes from a dysfunctional family and is sent to live with family she barely knows in North Carolina. She feels that by being there her wish will never come true. Her feelings change when she meets a stray dog, which she names Wishbone. She is also assigned to a Backpack Buddy named Howard. Wishbone and Howard will help Charlie to find her place and feel loved. GARDEN STATE CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS, 2019 Booktalk #3 When Charlie Reese is sent to live with her aunt and uncle in the mountains, she is downright mad. When asked to describe her family on her all “about me papers” at school, she writes, - “bad.” What’s her favorite subject? “None.” A favorite pastime? “Fighting.” Charlie is bound and determined to hate her new home, but Howard is always being so nice. When Charlie finds a stray, she thinks maybe the wish she’s been wishing every night since fourth grade might finally come true. Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2018-2019 |
| SUBJECTS: Conduct of life -- Fiction. Dogs -- Fiction. Family life -- Fiction. Human-animal relationships -- Fiction. |
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