Two starred reviews!
From the acclaimed author of Roll with It comes a winning, cathartic joy ride (Publishers Weekly, starred review) of a middle grade novel about three kids with big diagnoses, bigger personalities, and one outrageous plan to team up and scam a wish-granting foundation.
Violet Marino doesnt want sympathy. And she definitely doesnt want friends. She just wants to play soccer and deal with the whole slowly-going-blind thing on her own terms.
Then she witnesses a boy choke on a hot dog at a hospital picnic. Enter Wyatt: dangerously charming and full of terrible ideas, especially for a kid with a newly transplanted heart. Add sharp-as-a-blade Noor, who is always armed with excellent snacks she cant eat, thanks to chemo. Other than their illnesses, the three dont have much in commonexcept for the fact that a wish-granting foundation keeps calling.
Ever the optimist, Wyatt has a plan: team up to game the foundation, even if it means faking friendship. One wish is fine, but three sick kids on three epic adventures? Thats history-making. The scheme starts off as a distraction. But soon the stakes feel real. Because when you finally let someone in, theres more to lose.
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