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\nThe wishing game : a novel by Meg Shaffer
\n\n"A retired bestselling author hosts a one-of-a-kind competition\ , with high risks and high rewards-- giving the winner a chance to change lives. Lucy Hart has come a long way since feeling the cold neglect of her parents\, whose attention always centered around her chronically ill sist er's needs. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher's aide\, Lucy is able to sha re her love of books with bright\, young students\, and one in particular\ , a seven-year-old orphan named Christopher\, has her yearning for a famil y of her own. The Clock Island books were Lucy's passion and refuge as a c hild\, and now she shares them with Christopher\, who's become as big of a fan as she ever was. No matter how badly Lucy wants him in her life\, eve n the idea of adopting him seems out of reach without proper funds and sta bility. Then a blue envelope arrives at her school\, inviting Lucy to comp ete for the one and only copy of Jack Masterson's final novel in the iconi c Clock Island series. No one has seen or heard from Jack Masterson in yea rs\, but now four diehard Clock Island fans have received the invitation o f a lifetime to stay on his private island and compete for the final insta llment\, and un-published manuscript\, of the well-loved series. For Lucy\ , a chance to read the last-ever Clock Island book is a prize worth playin g for\, but the possibility of winning and securing a better future for he r and Christopher means everything. But first\, she must contend with oppo rtunists\, cheaters\, and\, perhaps most distressingly\, Jack's illustrato r and companion on the island\, Hugo Reese\, whom Lucy has admired since f irst reading the books as a girl. All the while\, the master of ceremonies \, the prolific author himself\, has his own secrets to keep-- and a large r plan in the works that will change everything for all of them"-- Provide d by publisher.
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