Fiction-Stories

The Wishing Game: A Novel

Lucy Hart had a horrible childhood, but one book series saw her through: The Clock Island series by Jack Masterton. Now, she’s an twenty-something working as a teacher’s aide. One of her students Christopher is a foster child whom she wants to adopt and who wants her to adopt him, too. The problem remains that teacher’s aides aren’t paid much. Despite Lucy’s best intentions, Christopher’s social worker tells her she’s simply not financially stable enough…

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The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer

CS Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia remain some of the best fantasy works for children in the twentieth century. This book from Meg Shaffer uses that template for inspiration to depict a magical world accessible only through a special spot hidden in the West Virginia backwoods. The story starts when two young men are lost, only to be found six months later in good health. No one is quite sure what transpired, not even the teenagers…

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