Books like The backward season by Lauren Myracle
When Ava Blok finally receives her own Wishing Day, she is eager to set her family’s problems right. After witnessing the unintended consequences of her sisters’ wishes, she doubts what to wish for. Determined to prove her older, cynical sisters wrong and restore her family, Ava realizes that true change may come only by revisiting and correcting the past.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Lauren Myracle
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