Books like Wish on a Unicorn by Karen Hesse

When ten‑year‑old Opal arrives in Naomi, Florida, she discovers friendship, community, and the healing power of a big ugly dog named Winn‑Dixie during her first summer in town.

Ivan, a gorilla who has lived behind glass in a shopping‑mall circus for 27 years, learns new meaning for art and friendship when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives.

A china rabbit named Edward Tulane is lost and follows an extraordinary path—from the sea to a fisherman’s net, from a sick child’s bedside to the streets of Memphis—learning that even the most fragile heart can love, lose, and love again.

When a haunted dollhouse illuminates the night, sisters Amy and her sister with a mental disability investigate the past murders that befell their family.

A gripping tale of a Mexican American teenage girl facing the challenges of adulthood and grief, set against the backdrop of her Mexican American family in New York.

A lighthearted story of a young sister's journey through boarding school.

Karen is the only person who believes the circus unicorn can grant wishes, because she has some wishes she wants to come true.

Seventeen-year-old Fia and her sister Annie are trapped in a school where they are trained as psychics, facing a dangerous game with deadly consequences if they don't follow the rules.

A tale of courage, love, and betrayal as the Salamancan hunters must fight to save humanity from the rise of the Cursed Ones.

A paper Fortune Wookiee from McQuarrie Middle School catches the attention of Sara, who learns its advice resembles that of Yoda, though in her case, it seems focused on romance.

"Hide and Seek" is a teen‑fiction mystery about sisters and twins navigating high‑school drama, family secrets, and a homicide that turns the family upside down.

A backyard turns into a lively enchanted kingdom where a fierce dragon, brave knights, and a unicorn rise to life, all told in playful rhymes and illustrated with bright, spirited art.

A 12‑year‑old unicorn named Beldin must break a spell on a dragon to save a castle, with interactive puzzles and quizzes woven throughout the tale.

Cora, a middle school student, navigates life after her father’s death while caring for her unconventional sister, Adare, as their family struggles with homelessness in Brooklyn. The novel explores resilience, sibling bonds, and the challenges of single‑parent households.

Ava Blok finally gets a chance to make a wish, but she learns that fixing a broken family may require changing the past.

A gripping young adult novel that delves into the complexities of friendship, eating disorders, and hidden truths.

After the death of her vivacious twin, a shy teenage girl relocates to San Francisco where a magical seamstress offers her one wish.

Sutton Mercer watches as her twin Emma, who impersonated her to solve a murder, turns into a serial killer again. Emma’s new partner, Thayer Vega, has a dark past and is back in town to find a new victim. The townspeople are suspicious of all the murders, and Emma must use her knowledge of them to solve the latest mystery before it’s too late.

When Arica falls through her grandmother's kitchen floor and finds herself in North Bundelag -- a land with two moons, singing rivers, and plenty of magic -- she knows she's in trouble. She hardly has time to figure out what's going on before she's captured by trolls and attacked by a swarm of pfifers. Fortunately, a gentle unicorn named Wish comes to her rescue. Arica finds that she can communicate with the unicorns through mindspeak, and learns they are badly treated by the trolls. She is determined to free the abused creatures, but the trolls lead her to a miserable work camp. There she meets the evil Raden, who wants to exploit Arica's powers. Even with the help of kind elves and the magic of the unicorns, Arica seems unable to stop Raden. Will she be able to save the unicorns and return to her own world? Readers will be enchanted by this fantasy as they follow Arica and the unicorns on her brave journey through North Bundelag. They, like Arica, will realize that the strange land is much closer to reality than they ever could have imagined.