At some point, I also read Gail Carson Levine's The Wish. I'm not sure what happened to my copy of that book, but I haven't been able to find it in years.
At any rate, this book takes place more or less in our world, with one exception: the main character Wilma meets a magical old lady who grants her one wish.
Wilma's life is, sadly, kind of pathetic. She was never very popular to begin with, but after an infamous scene with a school paper read aloud, she became pretty much bottom-of-the-barrel unpopular.
So she makes this wish to the old lady: to be the most popular girl in her school.
It works. Instant celebrity status, instant acceptance into the group of popular kids. Notes are passed in class like crazy, her phone at home rings off the hook; Wilma is asked on so many dates by many, many guys - even some guys who already have girlfriends.
Life couldn't be better, right? Wilma can scarcely do any wrong!
Well, except for bringing a dog to a sleepover and accidentally getting her classmates to gang up on another girl who doesn't go to Wilma's school and doesn't think Wilma is "all that."
It's then that Wilma realizes the horrifying truth: She's only popular at her own middle school; and when she graduates in a few weeks, she'll likely go back to being completely unpopular.
How will she handle it? Did anyone who liked her under the spell like her for who she really was? Would anyone still be her friend?
A suggest a library or bookstore visit or something, and find out for yourself. =)
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