Wish Master - Hardcover

Betty Ren Wright is the best-selling author of many books for children, inclduing "The Dollhouse Murders" and "Christina's Ghost", both of which received the Texas Bluebonnet Award. She live in Racine, Wisconsin.

Grade 4-7-An adventure story with a hint of the supernatural. When his paternal grandmother falls ill, Corby Hill and his mother travel to the family farm in Berry Hill, WI, leaving his father behind in California, unable to take time off from work. The boy's mom is preoccupied and his grandfather pays little attention to him since he is small, timid, and has no perceivable skills. Then he meets Buck Miller, a bit of a bully with a penchant for adventure. They share exploits and embark on the ultimate adventure, a midnight trek to the Wish Master, whose "body was a rough column of rock covered with strange markings; its head was a mammoth skull-shaped boulder-it-was smiling hideously." After making his wishes, things begin to happen that can only be attributed to the Wish Master-Or can they? Wright examines a child's idea of self-worth and family relationships in this quick read that will appeal to her many fans and to readers looking for a story full of action and suspense.
Alison Grant, West Bloomfield Township Public Library, MI
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