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The Wishing Game
Meg Shaffer
Contemporary Fiction / Fantasy
The Wishing Game
by Meg Shaffer
—· 304 p· 2023
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Overview
About
Make a wish. . . .
Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents who loved her. In a childhood marked by neglect and loneliness, Lucy found her solace in books, namely the Clock Island series by Jack Masterson. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher’s aide, she is able to share her love of reading with bright, young students, especially seven-year-old Christopher Lamb, who was left orphaned after the tragic death of his parents. Lucy would give anything to adopt Christ…
Pages
304
Quercus
Linguistic complexity
2/5
Straightforward
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
Rating
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Reader feel
Emotional depth
9
Bookish whimsy
9
Found family
9
Plot twists
8
Narration
7
Pacing
7
Worldbuilding
6
Prose
6
My journey
My experience
private
Status
Unread
Started
DNF
Finished
My rating
Burndown
Reading days
Notes
your reading journal
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by Meg Shaffer
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hopeful
Make a wish. . . .
Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents who loved her. In a childhood marked by neglect and loneliness, Lucy found her solace in books, namely the Clock Island series by Jack Masterson. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher’s aide, she is able to share her love of reading with bright, young students, especially seven-year-old Christopher Lamb, who was left orphaned after the tragic death of his parents. Lucy would give anything to adopt Christ…