Water Wishes

by Mallory Loehr

Book Overview

Nine-year-old Polly and her younger brother, Sam, find a corked bottle at the beach. Inside is an ancient parchment promising three wishes. Before their adventure is over, older brother Joe will... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679892168
• ISBN13: 9780679892168
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

water wishes

I would recommend this book to younger children. It explained every thing clearly. You could understand every word they said. I would recommend 5th to 7th grade Water wishes is about 3 kids who find a bottle with paper n the sea. These 3 kids realize wishes are not every- thing.

Enchanting............................

It all started when Sam and Polly were playing in front of their summer house on the ocean....As they were playing they see something mysterious floating along in the water,and imediatly they go to try and get it.But,when a large wave crashes on them,their 13-year old Brother Joe comes and rescues them,but they can't find the mysterious green bottle....Later while in Joe's room they see it!They figure Joe must have taken whlie they were underwater....So they devise a plan to get their bottle back.......After they get it they open it and it says That whoever snatches this bottle from the Ocean gets 3 wishes from the Element......Wow,3 wishes!!!!!!Even though Sam and Polly aren't sure what that means,but they try their wishes imediatly...They come up with many wishes-like wishes for beauty,fame,wealth,new cars,the ability to fly-But none of them work!!!!Then they go back out to the beach,and Polly kinda of flippetly says,"We might as well as wished for something silly,like to become a mermaid,or something like that!"....Well, a storm suddenly brews,and the waves crash,and one comes up and touches Polly's leg-And now she's a mermaid!!!!!!!They have to tell Joe about the wishes and what happened,But Joe has his own wish,and the next day he disapears,leaving no trace-except a comic book and a pair of sunglasses.......I Loved this book-and I think its the best in the series!If you read them You kinda learn a little about Ancient Greek Gods,and the stories in this series are simply fun!!!!!!I recomened this seies to anyone-even adults,they're a quick and fun read!!!!!Hope this review was helpful to You!

Water Wishes

This book is one I'll never forget. It was more different than anything I've ever read and I don't think I would of liked it as much if it wasn't different. This is a great book for younger children and I highly recomened it!

readers will wish for more water wishes

This is a good fantasy for young readers, and there is a moral lesson at the end about sibling relationships. The older brother learns that he can't just boss around his little brother and sister. I like the dialogue, and the way the author weaves the fantasy in with the reality.

Water Wishes is WONDERFUL!!

Mallory Loehr's first story in this quartet is amazing. My second grade class fell in love with it. It is a great read aloud!! It's perfect for Magic Tree House readers who want more of a challenge. But it is unique and different from the Magic Tree House series. Water Wishes is full of "real" dialogue and rich language. Mallory Loehr has a rare knack for fully developing her characters through the dialogue, struggles with other characters, events and their settings. So many thoughts, ideas and memories will be stirred up by events in this book. It offers the reader (and teachers) a lot to think about. Teachers can use it to teach writing strategies like personification, developing a character through the setting, allusion, etc. OUTSTANDING!!!