Wish House

Name: Wish House
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ISBN: 9780763629519

ISBN-10: 0763629510

ISBN-13: 9780763629519

Edition: 2006

Authors: Celia Rees

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From the author of WITCH CHILD and SORCERESS comes another engrossing, atmospheric novel — following a teenage boy's summer as he learns the secrets of the mysterious and provocative Wish House. It's the start of summer vacation, and fifteen-year-old Richard has discovered that a family has taken up residence in the usually deserted Wish House. Richard is intrigued by both the house and the bohemian family now living there. The father, Jethro Dalton, is an internationally renowned painter; his seemingly licentious wife is fascinated by herbs and cures. But it's their beautiful and vibrant daughter, Clio, the muse for Jethro's paintings, who draws Richard utterly into the Daltons' world.…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication date: 8/22/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.26" wide x 8.03" long x 1.07" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Celia Rees is the author of many books for young readers including the bestsellers Witch Child, Sorceress, and Pirates! Celia lives in Leamington Spa, England with her husband and teenage daughter.



He froze in mid-step, intensely aware of his own paleness encased in hairy wool and khaki. He had not expected anyone to be here when he mounted the worn steps up to the garden. The big gray stone house had been deserted when he had come here with Dylan last summer. It had been empty for years and had become one of their special places, where they went to play and explore. It was called the Wish House, Dylan told him, because the trees around it seemed to be in constant motion. Even on a day as still as this, they seemed to whisper, "I wish... I wish..." It gave the house an extra creepiness that added spice to their visits. The sound was there now, mixed in with thinsounding, slightly discordant music made by stringed instruments and a drum. That was what had made Richard mount the steps, thinking he'd discovered something genuinely mysterious - until he saw this woman.


He tried to look away, but he couldn't shift his focus. He held his hand up, as if to ward off the vision or to block it out of his own line of sight. He reached behind as though to steady himself on the warm lichen-embossed wall. He was beginning to sweat. He felt the dampness creeping through his hair, the beads break out on his forehead and upper lip.Should he go on? Should he go back? He did not know what to do.


The decision was made for him.


The woman rose up on one elbow, squinting at him, shading her eyes against the strong sun shining from behind him, the glare oflight shimmering up from the sea.


"Well, hello there. And who are you?"


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THE WISH HOUSE by Celia Rees. Copyright ï¿½ 2006 by Celia Rees. Published by Candlewick Press, Inc., Cambridge, MA.