Books with author Rene Gilleo

When fourteen-year old Lewis meets a grimm gnome at the creek, there learns that there is an ancient wishing well that grants wishes. There are complicated rules to making wishes. Three make a wish for themselves and for each, but the two are friends and one is not. Lewis and his friends should have been careful. This wishing well just might be cursed and making a wish could be deadly.

Sixteen-year-old Lily has always dreamt of singing professionally and being the first person in her family to attend college. Two years into her four-year plan, she's on track for acceptance into her dream college's prestigious music program. Until the school board holds an emergency budget meeting and cuts her high school's award-winning vocal program. Lily now has the summer before her junior year to formulate a new strategy, or she can kiss her hopes of getting into Berkeley goodbye. Back taxes and no money not only forces her family to sell some of their land but means having to learn to accept an intrusion on their peaceful ranch life. When the snobby new neighbors move into their mansion up the hill, Lily is positive summer can't get any worse, and she's determined to hate and ignore them-until she meets Aiden. He's broken and beautiful, and they become reluctant friends. In a confusing relationship that hovers between barely speaking acquaintances and something more, Lily finds the strength to question her tried-and-true plan and find a new path to follow her dream. However, when Lily discovers her family is on the verge of losing their generations-old ranch, Seven Oaks, suddenly her plan, Berkeley, and dreams of being a singer all seem irrelevant and selfish. All that matters is saving her family's home. Lily realizes that stepping out of her comfort zone and taking a risk in the last place she ever expected may just be the key to save Seven Oaks.

When fourteen-year old Lewis meets a grimm gnome at the creek, there learns that there is an ancient wishing well that grants wishes. There are complicated rules to making wishes. Three make a wish for themselves and for each, but the two are friends and one is not. Lewis and his friends should have been careful. This wishing well just might be cursed and making a wish could be deadly.