When You Wish Upon a Star A Twisted Tale

<b><i>What if the Blue Fairy wasn't supposed to help Pinocchio? </i>This <i>New York Times</i> best-selling series twists another Disney classic into a harrowing story in which the Blue Fairy defies fairy law, setting off a dramatic chain of events.</b><br><br>"Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight . . . " So begins the wish that changes everything—for Geppetto, for the Blue Fairy, and for a little puppet named Pinocchio. The Blue Fairy isn't supposed to grant wishes in the small village of Pariva, but something about this one awakens some long-buried flicker within. Perhaps it's the hope she senses beneath the old man's loneliness.<br><br>Or maybe it's the fact that long ago, before she was the Blue Fairy, she was a young woman named Chiara from this very village, one with a simple wish: to help others find happiness. Her sister, Ilaria, always teased her for this, for Ilaria had big dreams to leave their sleepy village and become a world-renowned opera singer. The two were close, despite their differences. While Ilaria would have given anything to have a fairy grant her wish, Chiara didn't believe in the lore for which their village was famous.<br><br>Forty years later, Chiara, now the Blue Fairy, defies the rules of magic to help an old friend. But she's discovered by the Scarlet Fairy, formerly Ilaria, who, amid a decades-long grudge, holds the transgression against her sister. They decide to settle things through a good old-fashioned bet, with Pinocchio and Geppetto's fate hanging in the balance.<br><br>Will the sisters find a way back to one another? Or is this, like many matters of the heart, a gamble that comes with strings?<br><br><br><b>Try the other books in the A TWISTED TALE series:</b><br><br><br><br><ul><li><b><i>A Whole New World</i> by Liz Braswell</b></li><li><b><i>Once Upon a Dream</i> by Liz Braswell</b></li><li><b><i>As Old As Time</i> by Liz Braswell</b></li><li><b><i>Reflection</i> by Elizabeth Lim</b></li><li><b><i>Part of Your World</i> by Liz Braswell</b></li><li><b><i>Mirror, Mirror</i> by Jen Calonita</b></li><li><b><i>Conceal, Don’t Feel</i> by Jen Calonita</b></li><li><b><i>Straight On Till Morning</i> by Liz Braswell</b></li><li><b><i>So This is Love </i>by Elizabeth Lim</b></li><li><b><i>Unbirthday</i> by Liz Braswell</b></li><li><b><i>Go the Distance</i> by Jen Calonita</b></li><li><b><i>What Once Was Mine </i>by Liz Braswell</b></li><li><b><i>Almost There</i> by Farrah Rochon</b></li></ul>