Books with title The Wishing Well

Back in 1940 on the Island of Tenerife, a young child - Pedro Armaz, is supernaturally given words for special book which made wishes come true. His family are very poor and so Pedro wishes for riches and great wealth which are granted. Many years later, Zelmut, Chief and Highness of Planet Mars, discovers the existence of the wishing book and wants it for himself so that he can become the ruler of the whole universe. He sends a Martian warrior to find the book and bring it back to Mars, but the warrior keeps the book and uses the book for his own selfish ends and never returns to Mars.Many years later, little John Carter aged 9, finds this book hidden under a floorboard in his bedroom. He tells his twin sister Penny and close friend Jimmy and together they have many small adventures and play pranks with the book.Eventually, they wish to go to Planet Mars and they tell their science teacher about this. They trust him and he agrees to go on the trip with them. This is where the action picks up. The children face betrayal and terror as they are faced with Martian warriors and flying creatures called Termans who are intent on getting the book off them. To add to their fear, Zelmut releases his prized weapon - the Blattidae.Eventually the children lose The Wishing Book and all hope of returning to Planet Earth is dashed. Zelmut seems intent on terminating them. Will he succeed?This is an edge of the seat book that will keep the reader gripped right until the end. With the many twists, it is impossible to know who they can trust.

If Hamlet thought he had issues, he should have talked to Cooper Warner.His mother’s normally sunny demeanor has turned into something—homicidal.And what’s worse, she has help in her hunt for Cooper: A ravenous monster living at the bottom of the old well in the woods behind their house. She’s determined to deliver her 14-year-old son straight into the creature’s eager clutches. Cooper turns to his girlfriend, Megan, for help, but then, to his horror, the creature takes her prisoner.Now, it’s up to Cooper to fend off his murderous mother, finish his Hamlet paper, and enter the putrid lair at the bottom of the well to rescue Megan. And when he confronts the creature, Cooper must make the toughest decision of his life: kill, or be killed.Inspired by Hamlet, THE WELL puts a terrifying twist on the Shakespearean classic.

Molly Bell is an eleven-year old girl who used to be a whimsical, sporty type of a child with a zest for living. All that has been turned upside down by the untimely death of her mother two years ago. To make matters worse, her father is getting remarried to a high-maintenance beauty that Molly seemingly has nothing in common with, and she comes with an annoying six-year old son, Henry, who finds a way to wreck everything in his path. Molly can't find anything about her new circumstances to be excited about, until her Aunt Joan tells her about the wishing well at Molly's grandparents' farm. According to Aunt Joan, every wish she ever made there came true. And it just so happens that Molly and Henry will be staying at the farm for a week while their parents are on their honeymoon. Molly is convinced if she could just find that wishing well, she could wish for her mom to come back to life and everything will be okay again. But Molly is in for a few surprises, and more than a few hard lessons about being careful what you wish for when the consequences of Molly's selfish desires wreak havoc on her entire family. Can Molly make things right again through the wishing well? Or will she need to find it within herself to bring back the joy in her life that has been missing all this time?

Children's fiction.A boy on a lonesome farm gets up in the middle of the night for a glass of water at the well and discovers something in the dark that wasn't there in the light of day. He'll try to figure out what it is using all the reason and deductive skills a small boy has. All's well by morning... or is it?Depending on how you read this story aloud, you can play up either the humor or the fright.About 1800 words.

If you were in dreamland what would you dream for? Read along as the wishing whale swims through the ocean surfing waves, exploring shipwrecks, jumping with dolphins, and watching birds in flight. This beautifully illustrated and rhyming children's bedtime story is sure to delight beginner readers with colorful illustrations and easy-to-read vocabulary. I’d dive in the deep. I’d leap by the shore. Just think of all the wonderful things I’d explore.

Visiting her Grandfather for the first time, little Andrea is told the story of a magical tree that grows in grandpa's front yard - the home of the Wishing Elves, who grant wishes for children. Peter the elf lives there, but she has to leave before she finds him. A bad accident befalls Andrea on the way home and Grandpa hopes he can Wish her better. But will Peter be allowed to grant a grownup's wish?

Never underestimate what might enter into your world, even though it be through something as ordinary as a window well. Goldfish didn't count, at least not to Allison. For just as long as she had loved mashed potatoes, she had wished for a pet. Once she had a goldfish. But again, they didn't count. Not in her wildest dreams would she have imagined that the oddest of pets would begin to enter her world through an ordinary window well. Young readers will identify with Allison's longing for her very own pet and the frustrations she encounters in never quite getting exactly what she wished for.

MAGIC FROM THE WISHING WELL AFTER A FALL FROM A WELL, A MAGICAL ADVENTURE BEGAN, WITH TWO PRINCESSES KAHLIA AND BRIANNA. THEY BOTH MET A MAGICAL BIG BLUE BIRD THAT HELPED THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY AND TO SURVIVE THE DANGERS OF WILD CREATURES. THERE WAS A DEADLY ENCOUNTER WITH A GIANT LIZARD THAT SWALLOWED BOTH OF THEM. THE BIG BLUE BIRD DIRECTED THEM TO THE RIGHT PATH AND TO POWERFUL PEOPLE THAT HELPED THEM ALONG ON THEIR JOURNEY.

This is a story of four compassionate and aspirant teenagers,’ Yuna Lee, Joben Saito, Alec Burley and Amporn Srisai who decide to travel for two weeks to four countries in Southeast Asia. They don’t know which country they will travel to. Each of them makes a wish. It’s a gamble and they pick up a chit randomly, just like opening a fortune cookie. It’s fascinating to know which country brings a new story and what each teenager discovers from traveling to that country. Yuna is tired with her weekend cooking responsibility. Joben has travelled from Japan to make sure he attains a high school diploma. Alec is drenched and disgusted with exams. Amporn feels absorbed with singing. Each of them feels the gravity of reality during their twelfth grade requirements. Is taking a break before University a good Idea? Was their location right? Could they adjust? What do they learn? Each country picked randomly is just like craving for a boon from a wish well, which may or may not be fulfilled. Dive into a thought and make a wish. Which destination you choose is a secret that promises you a miraculous experience.