A review by larajgriff1
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

When I was a kid I wanted to run away and live in a boxcar just like the Boxcar children.  I can see that feeling manifested in this book.  Books were the only way we could really escape our lives as kids, especially because what we read was one of the few things we have some control over.  In those stories, life was hard, but they always had a perfect happy ending.  Though as adults, life is even more complicated, and there is rarely a perfect happy ending. 
I'm very happy that Lucy, Christopher, Jack, and Hugo got theirs.
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