Wishful Thinking

October 1, 2007
Gr 4-6-In his second adventure, Benjamin returns as manager of Kids' Birthday Wishes Ages 312 at the Wishworks Factory. After a messy first mission, his spoiled-rotten cousin, Penelope, makes a wish of her own: she is now the president of the Wishworks Factory and will use the position to do nothing but evil. It is up to Ben to overcome his earlier mistake, free his captured mentor, and save the factory. This is a quick read with a lot of likable secondary characters who are, unfortunately, not on the scene enough to be fully developed. Also, the war and death that appear in the second half of the story seem misplaced, and unnecessary, in a book about birthday wishes and genies."Carly B. Wiskoff, Sayville Library, NY"

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