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Little Genie: Make a Wish

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Little Genie was a really interesting book and I enjoyed reading it. The main characters are Little Genie and Ali. Ali's first wish is a disaster it was a TIGER! She tried to not let her mom see it. It was hard for Ali with such a wild animal to hide. I liked her three wishes even though they were kind of crazy. At night when I stopped right before what the third wish was I was so excited to know what it was I took it to school with me. I hope you read Little Genie. It was an amazing book and I enjoyed it.

I am reading this to my 6 year old and came back tonight to buy the rest of the series!!!! Cute book and I would recommend!!

Did you ever get a genie to grant your every wish? Read Make A
Wish to find out what happens, but for now I'll tell you a little about the book. The main charters are Ali, the girl who looks normal but has a genie who grants her wishes, and Genie who is very picky. The problem is that Genie skips some of her magic class so when Ali wants something tourble comes! It's about a girl named Ali who has a gradma (the queen of all junks.) One day they went to a yard sale, and grandma bought Ali a lamp from the 70's, but when Ali rubs it to make it clean Genie comes if Ali tells anyone about Genie then Genie will be trapped in the lamp forever.Genie has an hour glass with pink sand inside when the sand moves Ali gets her 3 wishes when all of the sand goes down then all of her wishes go in thin air! The reason I like this book is because it has a lot of action in it. I also loved how the author was so creative in the story. My favriote thing I love about this story is that Genie tells the funniest jokes I've ever heard. If you need an action-packed funny story you defiantly need Make A Wish
trust me!

This book and the others are some of the best books I have read. I am 8 almost 9 and I am in 4th grade. I think you will love this book and the 4 others. I like these books because little genie is always making troble. I like castle magic the best though.

I am happy to have discovered the "Little Genie" series!
I enjoyed the story, I found it funny and very engaging. Also, I just loved the illustrations! They fit so nicely with the story.
I'm looking forward to the rest of the "Little Genie" series.

This Little Genie book, "Make a Wish", is really great! It is imaginative and funny, and has a really good story. The pictures are really great, too. I highly recommend this book, and can't wait to read the next one!

Although I think girls around the age of 9 might enjoy this book, it wasn't one of my favorites (I'm a mom of 3 kids, 7 and under.)

I found the basic story line (3 wishes gone slightly wrong)a cliche idea that simply wasn't redeemed by enough fresh material. Granted, at that young age, this idea could conceivably work as it will be newer to the audience.

But the genie with a blond ponytail is from the 60's (sound vaguely familiar?), the girl's name is Ali, and the attempt at creating a unique voice relies on using 60's slang--much of which will go right over elementary kids' heads.

I was also dissapointed at Ali's motivation and weakness as a protagonist. When she wishes for the first thing she sees (a tiger--how smart is this girl really?) the genie turns it into a nice fluffy, small, purple tiger, and says the tiger will go away when the sand in her little hour glass runs out. The problem then becomes how to figure out what the tiger eats, which makes no sense to me since it's going to be disappearing soon anyway. I had a hard time liking a protagonist who sort of ran around wishing silly things and didn't do much of brilliance or bravery.

However, I believe Ms. Jones could use this idea in clever ways and I'm hoping her sequels are better than this intro to the series.

I think it has some kid appeal (magic and tigers and boy bands--oh my) but I am definitely not going to enjoy reading it out loud to my children.