The Wishing Stone

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Pike is a bestselling young adult novelist and has published several adult books as well— Sati  and  The Season of Passage  being the most popular. In YA, his Last Vampire series—often called Thirst—is a big favorite among his fans. Pike was born in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up in Los Angeles. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his longtime partner, Abir. Currently, several of Pike’s books are being turned into films, including The Midnight Club, which Netflix released as part of a ten-part series.  The Midnight Club  also draws from a half dozen of Pike’s earlier works. Presently,  The Season of Passage  is being adapted as a feature film by Universal Studios while  Chain Letter— one of Pike all-time bestselling books—is also being adapted by Hollywood. At the moment, Pike is hard at work on a new YA series.   Klappentext When Adam and his friends find a cube-shaped crystal while hiking, they find it makes their wishes come true. Unfortunately, the stone wants to be paid for what it gives.The Wishing Stone 1 Sally Wilcox saw the Wishing Stone first. For that reason she felt it belonged mainly to her. That was probably the same reason she suffered more than the others from the stone. The more that was asked of it, the more it demanded in return. Of course no one knew that at first. But even if Sally had known, she probably would have made the same wishes anyway. She was a strong-willed girl, and rather impulsive. She and her three friends—Cindy Makey, Adam Freeman, and Watch—were not far outside of Spooksville, their hometown, when they first spotted the stone. Since dealing with Pan’s leprechauns and fairies in the thick forest high in the hills overlooking the town, they had been staying closer to Spooksville, not wandering too deep into dangerous places that were hard to leave. However, no place in or around Spooksville was really safe. The gang was only hiking in the foothills of the foothills when Sally stopped and pointed toward a sparkle in the trees, maybe a quarter of a mile off the path they were taking through a gully. “What’s that?” she asked, brushing aside her dark bangs. “I don’t see anything,” Adam, who was shorter than the others, said. “Neither do I,” Watch said, removing his thick glasses and cleaning them on his shirtsleeve. “Did you see an animal?” “No,” Sally said thoughtfully. “It was a flash of light.” “It could have just been a reflection,” Cindy said, standing behind them. “Obviously,” Sally said, leading the group. “But a reflection of what?” She paused. “I think we should look.” “I don’t know,” Cindy said, fingering her long blond hair. “If we go off the path, we’ll get all dirty.” “And we might run into a strange animal and have our internal organs ripped from our bodies,” Watch added. Sally frowned at Watch. “And you used to be so adventurous,” she said. “I was younger then,” Watch said. “You’re only twelve now,” Adam observed. He nodded to Sally. “I’ll go with you to check it out. It shouldn’t take long to hike over there.” Sally had pointed to the far side of the gully they were presently hiking through. “We should probably all go together,” Cindy said. “It’s not safe to separate out here.” “It’s not safe to be alive out here,” Sally said. “But it’s better than being dead,” Watch said. They hiked in the direction of the supposed flash Sally had seen. When they reached the spot, they searched the area without seeing anything unusual. “It was probably just a trick of light,” Adam said. “Perhaps some debris from a crashed flying saucer,” Watch added. But Sally was unconvinced....

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Pike
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2015
• EAN: 9781481410847
• ISBN: 978-1-4814-1084-7
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Spooksville; Spooksville
• Subject: Children's and young people's books