Caroline Magerl

This is a fantasy book. It follows the life of Rose, who wished for a friend, but the friend never came. Rose was sad and nothing could cheer her up, so her whole family searched for her "wish thing" until Rose found it in the sea and rescued it. Rose had her friend, and they were able to play and have fun and meet both new and old friends. This is an okay fantasy book. It wasn't quite clear enough and I had trouble following the storyline. At times, I wasn't really following the author and what she was trying to get accross due to her vague language. I don't know if I would use this in my class because I don't feel that my students would follow the book very well either. The illustrations look like water color and pencil drawings.… (mehr)