Wish on All the Stars

by Lisa Schroeder

Overview

The magical sequel to See You on a Starry Night makes more seaside wishes come true!

Juliet is now an official member of the Starry Beach Club, and loves working with her new friends, Emma and Carmen, to make people's wishes come true. Living away from her dad is still hard, and she misses her best friend from her old town, but she has her friends and the bookmobile, and San Diego feels more like home than ever. But then she learns that the bookmobile is going to have to shut down. The owner of the parking lot wants to start charging rent, and soon the bookmobile won't be able to stay in business. The Starry Beach Club comes up with different ways to save their favorite store, but none seem to work. But then Emma gets the idea to have a crafts fair...and she wants Juliet to sell her paintings! Juliet is nervous, and isn't sure whether she's ready to put herself on display. Meanwhile, Carmen is feeling anxious about the possibility of her mother being deported. Will Juliet be able to be brave for herself and for Carmen?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338195798
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	07/09/2019
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	12 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Lisa Schroeder is the author of over a dozen books for young readers, including My Secret Guide to Paris, Sealed with a Secret, Keys to the City, the Charmed Life series, and the YA novels All We Have Is Now and The Bridge from Me to You. She loves cookies, flowers, family hikes, books, movies that make her laugh and cry, and sunshine. Living in Oregon, she doesn't get nearly enough sunshine, but the hikes are amazing. Learn more at lisaschroederbooks.com and on Twitter @lisa_schroeder.

Editorial Reviews

"With social activism, kindness to others, and compassion for those in need, Juliet sets a fine example of what it means to be a friend." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

06/14/2019

Gr 3–7-Juliet, Emma, and Carmen are set to make more wishes come true in their community in this sequel to See You on a Starry Night. The beloved local bookmobile needs saving, so the girls devise a plan to raise money to help pay its rent for the year. Emma's idea is to hold an arts and crafts fair with one of the booths dedicated to Juliet's paintings. Juliet is terrified to share her art with the world; what if no one likes her work? Meanwhile, Carmen is acting strangely and seems afraid to confide in the other girls. When it is revealed that Carmen's mother is an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala who is facing possible deportation, Juliet and Emma want to do something. But can preteens do anything to help address such a serious issue? Alongide immigration, additional topics include puppy mills, the ethics of keeping animals in zoos, and more. VERDICT Occasionally, this sequel veers on didactic and saccharine, but it is sure to find an audience with upper elementary children interested in reading about kids who get involved with social justice initiatives. Purchase for most elementary schools, but especially where the first book is popular.-Laura Gardner, Dartmouth Middle School, MA

School Library Journal

2019-04-14
Juliet and her new friends have founded the Starry Beach Club to distract them from their problems and grant wishes to those in need.

In See You on a Starry Night (2018), narrator Juliet's parents divorced and she and her sister moved with her mother to San Diego from Bakersfield, California. Juliet frets that everything back home is changing. Her best friend is starting to like coffee and dancing, and her father has started dating a woman from his work. She attempts to distract herself with new friends Carmen, who is Latinx, and Emma, who is white, like Juliet. Understanding that happiness comes by helping others, the three of them decide to work together to save the Mission Beach bookmobile. But as they develop their plan to raise money with a neighborhood art fair, Juliet realizes Carmen has secrets that can't compare to her own. Can she use her writing skills to help her new Guatemalan friend, whose mother might be deported? And can she find the courage to use her painting skills to sell artwork at the fair? A breezy read with fine pacing, the story doles out plenty of wisdom about overcoming one's fear of failure. With social activism, kindness to others, and compassion for those in need, Juliet sets a fine example of what it means to be a friend.

A story that tackles immigration issues as part of a simple yet appealing plot. (Fiction. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews