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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780060759117
ISBN number: 0060759119
Label: HarperTeen
Manufacturer: HarperTeen
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 256
Printing Date: May 01, 2005
Publishing house: HarperTeen
Age index: Young Adult
Release Date: May 03, 2005
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Wilma Sturtz is invisible and miserable at school. So when an old lady on the subway offers her a wish, Wilma immediately asks for popularity -- in fact, she asks to be the most popular kid at school.
Suddenly, Wilma has more friends than she can keep track of, forty dates to the Grad Night Dance, and a secret admirer writing her love poems. Everything is great, until she realizes there's a loophole in her wish, and her time in the spotlight has almost run out.
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Ah, the ancient mysteries of life. Why are the popular people popular? What's different about them--what makes them special? In The Wish, award-winning author Gail Carson Levine (Ella Enchanted, Dave at Night) explores the age-old question with a simple premise: a girl who is granted one wish by an old lady on the subway wishes to be 'the most popular kid at Claverford.' As is the fate of many who are granted only one wish, Wilma doesn't think through her wish carefully enough. While she is now adored by boys and girls alike, she is a mere three weeks away from graduating from Claverford. At Elliott, her subsequent school, she'll be back to her lowly, oft-ridiculed self. Tension builds for Wilma until her graduation-night dance, the night before her popularity--and maybe even her relationship with her wonderful new boyfriend--will invariably come to a screeching halt. This fun, witty, insightful novel thoroughly examines the nature of 'popularity,' and what it means to be true to yourself. It's not just because of the old woman's spell that Wilma ponders, ''To thine own self be true.' But who was mine own self? That's what I wanted to know.' Wilma is a funny, smart, no-more-awkward-than-most character with whom young readers of all social echelons will identify completely. When her popularity runs out (and the spell does end), her true friendships remain, and she's left standing on her feet. (Ages 9 to 12) --Karin Snelson
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The Wish
By Gail Carson Levine
Who ever had a name like Wilma? The only other Wilma she could think of was a Flintstone.
Wilma loved animals, especially dogs. She always felt loved by her dog Reggie. At school she didn't fit in with the popular kids, and somehow it didn't make sense to hang out with the unpopular kids. Mostly, everyone ignored the eighth-grade girl.
When she gave up her seat on the train for an old woman, the woman thanked her and told her that in order to repay her kindness, she would grant one wish. The woman looked old, but didn't sound like an old woman.
Wilma, not believing the woman, said she wanted to be the most popular girl at her middle school.
The wish was granted. Wilma's phone never stopped ringing. She had more than 25 invitations to the Grad night dance, and many were from the boyfriends of her new friends. But, the worries of her new popularity began early on. Do the new friends really like her? Will her popularity end when she graduates from middle school?
Wilma didn't ever act like a popular girl. She included other unpopular kids in her new circle. She helped others with homework, and out of all the possible dates she could have for the dance, she chose an unpopular boy who also loved animals and had a crush on her even before the wish. Wilma handled things so well, I found myself rooting for her to be able to keep her new friends and boyfriend.
This is a young adult book and may not be suitable for younger children. The story explores kissing, and teenage friendship issues.
I look forward to reading other books by Gail Carson Levine.
Jill Ammon Vanderwood
Author: Through the Rug
Through The Rug: Follow That Dog (Through the Rug)
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I purchased this book for my daughter...she absolutely loved it...Levine is one of her favorite authors...she has already it with great reviews.!
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I am a fan of Gail Carson Levine and have most of her books. That being said, this book was VERY boring and fairly offensive.
I have a general rule that I give books 50 pages to interest me before I give up. I only lasted 10 pages in this book.
Life is too short to read bad books!
Buy another book by the same author. You will be much happier.
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`I didn't want to just be a member of the crowd. I wanted more. "I want to be the most popular girl at Claverford," I blurted out. I figured I might as well go all the way with a wish nobody could grant. She frowned. "Is it wise...? All right, dear. Granted."
Wilma Sturtz was one of the most unpopular kids at Claverford Junior High. With no phone calls for her and no real friends, the last person she wanted to be was herself. Lucky for her, Wilma gets her one wish when she runs into a weird old lady: popularity.
Now the phone won't stop ringing, Wilma's just been invited to a sleepover with the coolest girls in school, and she has 42 dates to the Grad Night Dance. Life seems perfect for her, until she realizes the flaw in her wish. Wilma desperately tries to change her mistake, and the future of the wish, but time is running out.
This fantasy book was very funny, and I wanted to keep reading at the end of every chapter. Gail Carson Levine has also written Newbery Honor book Ella Enchanted. In this amazing book for all ages, Levine explores the question of do we want to be liked for who we are?
~Kendall Logan
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