After moving to a new town, eight-year-old Mallory keeps throwing stones in the "Wishing Pond" but things will not go back to the way they were before, and she remains torn between old and new best friends.

A child presents ten essential rules of birthday wishes, from planning the right party through having the right dessert--with a light to blow out--to keeping the wish secret.

When Jack's classroom gets a new substitute teacher, Mr. Clausen teaches the children how to make paper snowflake wishes, and Jack thinks very hard about his wish.

To undo a disastrous spell, second-grader Heidi Heckelbeck must grant three wishes without magic.

Gauri, a fierce warrior princess from the enemy kingdom, avoids execution by agreeing to partner with Vikram, the Fox Prince, in a mystical tournament in which the winner will receive his heart's desire.

When Brooke saves the life of a fairy named Calla, she is granted seven wishes, and asks for a meadow full of cats, but soon discovers that the cats are too much work for one girl.

Traveling to Morocco to search for Solomon's sigil, Nalia and her comrades escort the leader of the jinn revolution to safety and worry about Nalia's imprisoned brother while Malek confronts the growing darkness within himself.

A boy named Mouse is mixing up a magic potion: put a drop on your nose and make a wish--and in these four stories Mouse, his brother Charlie, and their father find out if the magic potion works and their wishes come true.

Peggy the pug's family have adopted an adorable little bunny, just in time for Easter. Peggy used to be top dog, but now she has to share their attention with this long-eared newcomer. Jealous of the new pet, Peggy decides that she must become a rabbit to compete. Can every-bunny learn to get along and realize that there's more than enough love to go around?

Everywhere, at precisely the same moment, everyone on earth gets a genie and one wish. As people all over the planet make wishes profane and profound, the world--and humanity--change forever. We follow eight characters who find themselves in a Detroit dive bar as "G-Day" descends upon humanity. They navigate their hopes, fears, dreams and wishes over the first eight seconds... the first eight hours... and ultimately... the next eight centuries.