The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

This may be one of the sweetest books I’ve ever read.  Before that turns you off, there is a good plot and great characters but NO violence or mayhem.   Lucy, a teacher’s aide, wants to adopt Christopher one of her students.  Christopher suffered some personal tragedies and Lucy is his lifeline.  The story revolves around Clock Island and The Clock Island Adventures.

Jack Masterson is the reclusive author of Clock Island Adventures.   Hugo is his cover illustrator and a semi-renowned painter.   Hugo’s sense of self is truncated and Jack has internalized a sad event of the past that he has shouldered guilty responsibility. 

Clock Island is Disney’s Tom Sawyer Island and Willy Wonka’s factory mish-mashed together.   Jack’s guilt drives him to reclaim the sense of wonder, and hope that permeated his children’s books.   A contest brings a collection of, now adult, children back to the island.

This was a delightful read and although I predominantly read about AI, wizards, and dragons, I truly enjoyed it. 

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