Just One Wish - Janette Rallison

Seventeen-year-old Annika Truman knows about the power of positive thinking. With a little brother who has cancer, it's all she ever hears about. And in order to help Jeremy, she will go to the ends of the earth (or at least as far as Hollywood) to help him believe he can survive his upcoming surgery. Janette Rallison's proven talent for laugh-out-loud humor, teen romance, and deep-hearted storytelling shines in a novel that will have readers laughing and crying at the same time.

Implausible, impossible, far-fetched, silly, over-the-top, unrealistic, in-your-dreams, totally and completely off the charts concept. If you have read any of my reviews, you would know that I am all for a unique storyline. I hatee reading two books and feeling like they were the exact same book. And Just One Wish was just so different; it had me from the first chapter.

It all started when Annika said that Jeremy, her six-year old brother who has cancer, could wish for anything he wanted and her genie would give it to him on the spot. Annika is sure he's going to ask for the new Teen Robin Hood action figure, which she had to fight Black Friday crowds to get. She's totally not expecting that his wish is to meet THE Teen Robin from the television show. Right away Annika knows she will do anything to get Teen Robin to come see her brother. It can't be that hard...right?
So most people think that the plot is over-the-top and unrealistic, but I don't care. I just think it was hilarious. The lengths to which Annika would go to get her brother what he wants- it's amazing. It's adorable and I loved it! It's just an amazing book. It is a sad story, with Jeremy getting cancer, but a hilarious, hilarious plot. I was upset a bit in the beginning, but laughing the whole way through. Loved it! 5/5 book!


2 comments:

  1. Aweeeee this book sounds warm and touching! The point that the story is hilarious even when the brother has cancer must be unique.

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  2. Yes, that was what I really loved about the story! It was so hilarious, while maintaining the point of the book the whole way.

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