Orem Library

Lucy Young is twenty-six and tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, sick of going on disastrous dates, and done with living in a damp flat with roommates who never buy toilet roll. After another disappointing date, Lucy stumbles upon a wishing machine. Pushing a coin into the slot, Lucy closes her eyes and wishes with all her might: Please, let me skip to the good part of my life. When she wakes the next morning to a handsome man,...

In this expanded version of the nursery rhyme, Jack and his sister Jill are sent to get water from a well, where they encounter a hungry crocodile.

"Love Actually meets Groundhog Day in the quintessential holiday romance by the New York Times bestselling author of The Honey-Don't List"-- Maelyn Jones is living with her parents, hates her job, and just messed up her love life. She is dreading the family's last Christmas at their Utah cabin, but one random wish and she may just get a do-over.

A compilation of wishing traditions from around the world provides insight into the cultures of lands far and near while reminding readers of the similarities we all share.

Jenna makes a wish on her 13th birthday to be 30 and grown up. When she wakes up the next day she finds herself, miraculously, just weeks away from her 30th birthday. The new, older Jenna is a successful magazine editor with friends in high places and a lions share of potential suitors. The problem is that her mind hasn't matured with her body and Jenna finds it a little more terrifying than cool to be living on her own.

A magic crystal ball with the power of granting wishes destroys the tranquillity of a small village, and only the shepherd boy who originally found it can save the day.

Olivia's birthday wishes become more than others can handle.

"A red oak tree and a crow help their human neighbors work out their differences"-- "Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree" -- people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say that Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone...

A woodcutter saves the life of a fairy from an attacking hawk, and in return, is granted one wish, that soon becomes a burden.

A little boy gets everything he asks for on "Yes Day," a special day that only comes once a year.