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092    |fF|aSHAFFER 
100 1  Shaffer, Meg,|eauthor. 
245 14 The wishing game :|ba novel /|cMeg Shaffer. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBallantine Books,|c[2023] 
300    286 pages :|billustration ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "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 
       sister's needs. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher's aide, 
       Lucy is able to share her love of books with bright, young
       students, and one in particular, a seven-year-old orphan 
       named Christopher, has her yearning for a family of her 
       own. The Clock Island books were Lucy's passion and refuge
       as a child, 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, even the idea of 
       adopting him seems out of reach without proper funds and 
       stability. Then a blue envelope arrives at her school, 
       inviting Lucy to compete for the one and only copy of Jack
       Masterson's final novel in the iconic Clock Island series.
       No one has seen or heard from Jack Masterson in years, but
       now four diehard Clock Island fans have received the 
       invitation of a lifetime to stay on his private island and
       compete for the final installment, 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 
       playing for, but the possibility of winning and securing a
       better future for her and Christopher means everything. 
       But first, she must contend with opportunists, cheaters, 
       and, perhaps most distressingly, Jack's illustrator and 
       companion on the island, Hugo Reese, whom Lucy has admired
       since first 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 larger plan in the works 
       that will change everything for all of them"--|cProvided 
       by publisher. 
650  0 Contests|vFiction. 
650  0 Fans (Persons)|vFiction. 
650  0 Kindergarten teachers' assistants|vFiction. 
650  0 Novelists|vFiction. 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft