The Wishmakers

I have been wanting to a read a fun story for awhile but have been putting off checking out a middle school book since I have no children and feel a bit out of place reading middle school stories. However The Wishmakers was flat out a fun story.

Ace is shocked beyond belief when he opens up a peanut butter jar and a kid pops out. After gathering his wits about him Ace learns the kid is a genie and going to grant him wishes. Even better Ace is not limited to three wishes he gets as many as he wants for a whole week as long as he accepts the consequences of the wish. Ace and the Genie, Ridge, develop a friendship and both want each other to succeed. I enjoyed reading about their relationship and seeing the two working together to accomplish things. The consequences for a wish was a great twist with the story, some were hilarious and some really made Ace think about things. Ace grew a good deal as the story progressed and learned to balance out his wishes and choices far more carefully as the plot progressed.

The writing was fun, witty, entertaining, and well done. I am already on the waiting list for The Wishbreaker and hope it will not be a long wait.