ljrinaldi's review
3.0
This is a the story of a girl who gets 10 wishes, because her fingers have magic, from time to time. This is basically a wishes gone wrong story. And , there is nothing wrong with that as a theme, because, as with all wishes gone wrong, each new wish makes things worse. A classic case of that is The Five Children and It, one of my all time favorite books.
So, why is this book just three stars then? Because of the Deux ex Macina solution. She has basically turned her back yard into a candy land, her stuffed unicorn into a living unicorn, and destroyed half the house. The "god in machine" is her grandmother who just happens to have occasional magic fingers too, and so helps Ruby fix everything,, everything, that is, except for the talking cat.
Apparently this is the start of a series, so perhaps it is just off to a rocky start.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
So, why is this book just three stars then? Because of the Deux ex Macina solution. She has basically turned her back yard into a candy land, her stuffed unicorn into a living unicorn, and destroyed half the house. The "god in machine" is her grandmother who just happens to have occasional magic fingers too, and so helps Ruby fix everything,, everything, that is, except for the talking cat.
Apparently this is the start of a series, so perhaps it is just off to a rocky start.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
ljrinaldi's review against another edition
4.0
Silly is the best way to describe this series of books, of which this is the fourth one in the series. I have a read the first two, and was deligahted that I was able to read this one as well. This sorry grows on you, and once you get the weird humor of take situations that wishing gets one inato, then you can sit back and enjoy the ride, so to speak.
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These are very quick, very short chapter books, about a young girl who has inherited wishes, but they come in bunches, and once you have run out, you've run out. In this story, her brother apparently has no limit, but he is only two years old, but working with him is tricky.
Silly, fast, cute characters. What more could you ask for, or a young child, making there way into chapter books, need?
Highly recommend this series for chapter books for kids to get into. With a talking cat, and clueless parents, it is a fun, quick ride from start to finish.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review
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These are very quick, very short chapter books, about a young girl who has inherited wishes, but they come in bunches, and once you have run out, you've run out. In this story, her brother apparently has no limit, but he is only two years old, but working with him is tricky.
Silly, fast, cute characters. What more could you ask for, or a young child, making there way into chapter books, need?
Highly recommend this series for chapter books for kids to get into. With a talking cat, and clueless parents, it is a fun, quick ride from start to finish.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review
selket16's review
4.0
Ruby's family has a special power, they can grant wishes. On the day Ruby's powers manifest, she makes a wish for her stuffed unicorn toy, Skydancer, to become a real unicorn. Turns out, unicorn-wrangling isn't easy.
I really liked the story. Ruby seems like a normal well-adjusted 9-year-old who just discovered she can make her wishes come true. She learns the hard way that sometimes what you wish for isn't good for you and she deals with it. She could run off, but she deals with the mess she made and I really like that about her.
I really liked the story. Ruby seems like a normal well-adjusted 9-year-old who just discovered she can make her wishes come true. She learns the hard way that sometimes what you wish for isn't good for you and she deals with it. She could run off, but she deals with the mess she made and I really like that about her.
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