Wishing Day

Wishing Day by Lauren Myracle, 313 pages

Natasha is the right age to make her wishes and, although she isn’t sure if she believes they will come true, she makes them anyway and hopes.  She makes an impossible wish, for her mother to come back.  She also makes a wish that she can make happen and she makes a wish of her secret heart.  She wants her first kiss and she wants to be someone’s favorite person.  While Natasha tries to live her life and wait to see if her wishes come true, her life starts to get even crazier than usual.  This is a good book.  I read it after having read the second book in the series, so I had knowledge that I shouldn’t have while reading it.  I would definitely read these in order, although I still enjoyed this book very much.  This is a great series for kids who like realistic stories that have a slightly fantastical bent.

The Forgetting Spell

The Forgetting Spell by Lauren Myracle, 344 pages

“The Forgetting Spell is beloved and bestselling author Lauren Myracle's second book in the unforgettable Wishing Day series, perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo and Ingrid Law. Most people in Willow Hill think Darya is the prickliest of the Blok sisters. What they don't realize is that on the inside, Darya is soft and gooey from feeling everything, all the time. When Darya turns thirteen, the goo gets stickier--and as Darya's Wishing Day approaches, all she wants is to forget the silly tradition ever existed.” I keep choosing books to read, not realizing that they are the second book in a series.  However, that really didn’t matter with this book at all.  I’m planning to go back and read the first book because this was so good, but I didn’t need to read it to follow this story at all.  I would definitely give it to grade school kids who like stories about magic and fantasy.