Ava Tree and the Wishes Three

By: Jeanne Betancourt, Angela Dominguez (Illustrator)

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Hardcover | 31 March 2009

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The morning of Ava Tree's eighth birthday begins the same as always . . . only different. Today, Ava makes wishes and they come true. It's A for Amazing

First, she wishes that her pet rabbit, Tibbar, will use the toilet instead of his messy, annoying litter box . . . and he does. Then she wishes that her best friend's very proper mother will not ruin her very improper backwards birthday party by making it forward, upside up right, down side down, and right side out . . . and she doesn't.

Can Ava wish for anything she wants on her birthday--and every day after that--and have it come true? What if her biggest wish is to undo the saddest thing in her life so far (and possibly forever)? Can that wish come true, too?

It couldn't hurt to try.

Industry Reviews

Praise for "Ava Tree and the Wishes Three" "Betancourt (the Pony Pals series) balances the fanciful and the real throughout--the thrill of Ava's wishes coming true versus her pangs of longing for her parents...kids will embrace this bighearted novel and its thoughtful, resilient narrator."--"Publishers Weekly""" "Young readers will find simple sentences, straightforward chronology and Dominguez's black-and-white illustrations to reinforce and break up the text, but Betancourt slips in some narrative challenge, leaving them to wonder: Does Ava really have such power or is it all coincidence? This sophistication, Ava's unusual situation and the realistic depiction of young people carrying on after a terrible loss set this book above the usual chapter-book fare."--"Kirkus Reviews""" "Using the common three-wishes setup could lead to a predictable lesson about being careful what you wish for, but Betancourt allows Ava to learn from her choices without the intrusive I-told-you-so voice of the adult. The first-person story is an easy read, just right for the new reader, but the fully realized secondary characters and the poignancy of Ava's longing for her parents give it depth. Since author Betancourt is an old hand at series fiction, I hope my wish for more stories about Ava will come true."--"The Horn Book"""

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