num_pages: 197
description: A modern-day fairy tale by the author of the Newbery Honor Book Ella Enchanted.Wilma Sturtz is not popular. Luckily for her, she happens to bump into a witch who grants her a wish: to be the most popular girl at claverford Junior High. Almost instantly Wilma's phone is ringing off the hook, she has forty-two dates to the Grad Night Dance, and someone is even writing her love poetry. life is like a fairy tale until Wilma remembers she's graduating in just three weeks. Will the wish end? And just how far is Wilma willing to go to make sure she'll never be unpopular again?Funny, painful and very real, this powerful novel by award-winning author Gail Carson Levine explores the question of whether we really want to be liked for who we are.
language: English
title: The Wish
titlecomplete: The Wish
characters: Wilma Sturtz
genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Teen, Magic, Young Adult, Childrens, Fairy Tales, Romance, Fantasy, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 9330
publisher: Scholastic Inc.