She successfully captures the feelings of uncertainty that come with nascent adulthood, the desire to leave home, and waiting for one's life to begin.

The countdown structure creates a natural hook, and Sedoti (The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett) makes good use of her what-if premise to give readers much to consider. He discovers that most wishes have made the wishers' lives worse, and that a perfect wish may not exist. Eldon decides to research past wishes and their outcomes third-person interludes appear between Eldon's first-person chapters, detailing various citizens' wishes. Eldon has 25 days to figure out what matters most to him, and everyone has an opinion (his mother pressures him to wish for the money they desperately need to save his sister, who is on life support). 'Depending on the reader, this novel offers different levels of intensity, starting with the everyday sort of teen troubles, progressing to difficult family dynamics, and reaching up to the ethical dilemmas wishing can create-all while being easy to read and hard to put down.'- VOYAįor 17-year-old Eldon, his windblown hometown in the Mojave Desert is 'the kind of place you wanna leave as quick as you can.' What it isn't, however, is ordinary: the town's residents are able to make a wish on their 18th birthday, which comes true. 'An engrossing read, fantastical and believable at the same time.'- Horn Book Magazine ' Poignant… Will inspire readers to explore the question: if you could have one wish, what would it be?'- Kirkus An unexpectedly affecting book that will have readers pondering what they would wish for if given the chance.'- Booklist 'Heartbreaking, other times hilarious, but always thought-provoking.

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One thing is for sure: Eldon has only twenty-six days to figure it out-and the rest of his life to live with the consequences. His parents' marriage is strained, his sister is a virtual ghost in their house, his ex-girlfriend is dating his ex-friend.where does he even begin? He's seen how wishing has hurt the people around him.

There are always consequences.Most of Eldon's classmates have had their wishes picked out for months, even years.

You've seen what happens in THE WALKING DEAD.) Wishes that would impact the world are off limits (i.e.Rules for Wishing:Never let an outsider find out about wishing. If you could make one wish that was guaranteed to come true-what would you wish for? From bestselling author Chelsea Sedoti comes a thought-provoking contemporary young adult book about a small desert town filled with Mojave magic where everyone gets to make a wish on their eighteenth birthday.

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