One White Wishing Stone
Title | One White Wishing Stone PDF eBook |
Author | Doris Gayzagian |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780792251101 |
A girl gathers natural objects to decorate her sandcastle, saving some of them to take back home from the beach.
Wishing Beach
Title | Wishing Beach PDF eBook |
Author | Heather Burch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2020-10-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781734449808 |
Her world is shattered, but a poignant love story from the past gives her the will to love again in this feel good must read from Amazon's #1 bestselling author of One Lavender Ribbon and In the Light of the Garden. After a painful divorce from a narcissist, Angela Reed-Baker has taken up residence on the famous Wishing Beach Island, a destination known for granted wishes beneath the mysterious Banyan tree near her beachfront estate. Just as Angela begins to settle in, her life takes an unlikely turn when she discovers a tattered photograph of a young woman among her groundskeeper's belongings. Intrigued, she asks him about the picture. With time weathered fingers and an underlying sadness in his eyes, he slips the photo from Angela and admits the girl was, "The One." When he refuses to reveal more, Angela digs into his past. What happened to the young woman he loved? And why does there seem to be a judicial cover-up shrouding the story of the two star-crossed lovers, a cover-up that may reach all the way to the Florida Senate. But Angela's journey is also one of self-reinvention as she navigates life free from the bonds of her controlling ex-husband.With her handsome neighbor and new friend, mystery novelist Ryan North by her side, Angela embarks on a voyage of discovery but the trail quickly runs cold until she's whisked away to the romantic streets of Paris, France. She realizes the bonds of love shared by her groundskeeper and the young woman run as deep as the brooding Atlantic Ocean. Along with that love are dark secrets, long hidden, but with the power to threaten life as she knows it. Grab your copy now.
A Beach Wish
Title | A Beach Wish PDF eBook |
Author | Shelley Noble |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2019-06-25 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0062675990 |
New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble returns to the beach in her latest summer read about the family we create and the wishes we make that can shape us. Zoe Bascombe has never said no to her family. When she blew her Juilliard audition, she caved to their wishes and went to business school. But when her mother dies and leaves instructions for Zoe to spread her ashes at a place called Wind Chime Beach, she defies her brothers and starts out for a New England town none of them has ever heard of and discovers a side of her garden club mother that her wildest dreams hadn’t imagined. Zoe has another family. Her first instinct is to run home. Instead she is caught in the middle of her feuding new relatives. With one family fighting among themselves and the other not speaking to her, Zoe must somehow find a way to bridge her new life with her old. For the first time in her life, Zoe must make a stand for her family—both of them. If only she can only figure out how. Her answer lies at Wind Chime Beach where for generations people have come to add their chimes to the ones already left among the trees. And when the wind blows and the air fills with music, their secrets, dreams, and hopes are sent into the world. There’s a message for Zoe here—if she has the courage to open her heart.
The Wishing Tree
Title | The Wishing Tree PDF eBook |
Author | Marybeth Whalen |
Publisher | Zondervan |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2013-06-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0310334896 |
Savvy, determined Ivy Marshall discovers that her husband has cheated on her on the very same day her sister’s perfect boyfriend proposes on national television. Can she hold it together while she plans the wedding? When Ivy’s mother asks her to return to her family’s beach home to plan her sister’s upcoming wedding, she decides to use the excuse to escape from the pain of her broken heart. When her return to Sunset Beach, North Carolina, she begins to question her choice to marry her husband Elliot, rather than her childhood sweetheart (and jilted ex-fiancé) Michael. However, when Ivy refuses to talk to her estranged husband, he resorts to tweeting to her, expressing his remorse and making it clear he doesn’t want to give up on their marriage. Her friends seem to be on Elliot’s side, pressuring her to forgive him and move on. But how can she? As she helps prepare the wishing tree for her sister’s wedding, she must examine her dreams for her own future and what true love should be. Poignant contemporary women’s fiction Part of the Sunset Beach series, but can be read on its own Book 1: The Mailbox Book 2: The Guest Book Book 3: The Wishing Tree Book 4: The Bridge Tender Includes discussion questions for book clubs
The Wishing Flower
Title | The Wishing Flower PDF eBook |
Author | Mosetta Penick Phillips-Cermak |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 26 |
Release | 2007-08-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0615155731 |
In a magical kingdom of peace and joy, in a place where the people have so much, only one sadness remains. As sorrow creeps into the village, it will take a miracle to return the kingdom to its perfect happiness. A miracle, that is only made possible through a gentle nature, a kind heart, and a little extra special magic. First published in the May 2007 edition of The Writers Post Journal, "The Wishing Flower" tells the story of a desire for a most precious gift. Add a King, a Queen, and a Princess, and this wonderful story is loved by parents and children alike. This short fantasy, written for mothers and fathers to share with their children, offers an original story about how special and unique each child is. Parents who read this story to their children reinforce the child's self-concept and reassure each child of how much they are wanted and loved.
Wish
Title | Wish PDF eBook |
Author | Roseanne Thong |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2008-09 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780811857161 |
"Take a tour of the many delightful ways children from cultures around the world help their wishes come true"--Dust jacket.
Wishing for You
Title | Wishing for You PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Langston |
Publisher | FictionEtc Press |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2015-10-13 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0996737316 |
She’s a girl who can’t remember. He’s the guy she can’t forget. It’s her final semester of high school, and Kimberley Rey is curious about what will come next. She needs to pick a college, but her memory disability complicates the choice. Will her struggles to remember make it impossible to leave home? Help arrives through an unexpected and supernatural gift. Grant is a “genie” with rules. He can give her thirty wishes (one per day for a month) as long as the tasks are humanly possible. Kimberley knows just what to ask for—lessons in how to live on her own. But her wishes change when a friend receives a devastating diagnosis. As she joins forces with Grant to help her friend, Kimberley learns that the ability to live in the moment—to forget—may be more valuable than she ever knew.