Books with title The Well-Wishers

Two children on a family vacation, embark on a far-different journey after finding a strange blue bell. A partial incantation summons a marvelous flying cloak, whisking them into dangerous adventure on a mysterious island. But after losing the bell in a fierce battle, their journey becomes a quest to retrieve it fulfilling a legend. And in that adventure, they forge inner strength and courage while surviving a summer vacation never to be forgotten.

Timothy Legget, 12, was forced to grow up quickly living in Appleton, Kentucky, caring for his younger sister, Lisa. Their parents, Jan and Justin, were impoverished coal miners working in one of the local mines near their home. On October 5, 1901, tragedy struck their family. Timothy and Lisa are sent to Jasper, Virginia to live with their aunt-Martha Satcher. They arrive in Jasper late one night, only to discover that their Aunt Martha is not home. Timothy explores the house and finds it empty of most everything. Timothy considers this to be very strange and out of character for his Aunt. Suddenly, reality overwhelms him he is in a strange town, caring for his younger sister, with neither friends nor relatives, and returning home is not an option. Without relatives, he and Lisa could be mistaken for orphans and placed in an orphanage-where there would be little hope of ever returning home.

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.

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.

You seem a good a sensible person, one that appreciates a wholesome cautionary tale. This is exactly such a tale, all about how Francesca stumbled into an adventure instead of waiting for rescue. She terrorized an innocent bystander’s daisies, then got caught up with traveling musicians, and made matters worse by sticking her tongue out at an ancient war goddess.That is exactly why this story is for you, a good and sensible person, the type that enjoys reading about adventure rather than having an adventure. You aren’t complaining about the boredom of normal life, you celebrate it. You know that adventures are dirty, exhausting, with no good place to brush your teeth, and that anything can happen but it probably won’t be good. When you read this book, you will get a brief history of Wishing Well craftsmanship and ethics, a nice tour of an ancient war goddess’s mountain palace, and an interesting guide through the fairy island of Oberon without the terror of actually having to visit Oberon. (If you get nightmares from reading that section of the book, you can’t blame the author as you have been suitably warned and reading the book constitutes a binding contract that you agree not to sue the author for describing the terrors of living amongst the fairies.) There are tips for paying off Scrying College, collective nouns and general philosophical wisdom such as the social implications of playing high stakes hangman and pancake economics.

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.

Magical foo dogs generally work in pairs to protect us from evil spirits. Unfortunately, Foo no longer has his partner because Foo-Too was taken away to the Resting Place of Retired Foos. Having to make it on his own is bad enough, but Foo also has to get used to living in a brand new neighborhood. Thank goodness he is meeting plenty of other magical lawn and garden ornaments who can help him figure things out.