The Wish Switch

Author: Painter, Lynn

Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage)

Published on 8 May 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 320 pages
128 x 198 x 23 | 224g

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Magic and mayhem collide

in beloved bestselling author Lynn Painter’s hilarious middle-grade

debut… 

Emma Rockford knows it will take a whole

lot of magic to make the school year go smoothly for

her and her best friends. Luckily, before

Emma’s nana died, she left instructions on how to

access a secret wishing well. Emma plans every wish … but

doesn’t anticipate obnoxious new

kid, Jackson, throwing in wishes of his own that literally

knock hers off course. When Emma discovers that her wishes

are starting to come true, but for Jackson rather

than for her, things get chaotic very quickly.

Wishes will come true and

sparks will fly … but only if Emma and Jackson work together.

From bestselling author, Lynn Painter comes a hilarious laugh-out-loud

story of friendship, family, and wishing – with a

delightful dash of magic.