The Wonderful Wishes of B., Katherin Nolte
The Wonderful Wishes of B., Katherin Nolte
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The Wonderful Wishes of B.

Author: Katherin Nolte

Narrator: Catherine Taber

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2024


Synopsis

All that stands between ten-year-old Beatrice and an amazing life are five wishes…and she’s got a plan to make them all come true! A magical and heartfelt adventure about grief, hope, and the power of human connection.

Beatrice Corwell has a crooked haircut, eight well-trained cats, and a plan: she’s turning herself into a Tin Man. Once her heart is made of metal, she’ll no longer miss her beloved dead grandma, her absent dad, or her recently moved-away best friend. 

While Beatrice awaits her transformation, she keeps vigil with a special doll and a handful of wishes she’s determined to make come true. With her encyclopedic knowledge, there must be a way to grant her heart’s deepest desires. 

When an unusual boy named Caleb moves to town and mentions his granny’s interest in magic, Beatrice decides to enlist their help. She quickly learns, however, that spells don’t always go as planned, and witches can’t be trusted. 

With the arrival of an unexpected visitor and a series of otherworldly messages, Beatrice’s plans begin to falter. Will her heart turn into metal? Will any of her wishes come true? 

The Wonderful Wishes of B. is the story of a smart, quirky girl learning what she wants and what she needs—and how, sometimes, the wishes we hold dearest are granted in the most unexpected ways.

About The Author

Katherin Nolte received an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow. Her fiction has appeared in dozens of publications and won multiple awards, but it was a late-night ER visit with her four children that inspired her to write Back to the Bright Before. An Ohio native, she currently lives with her family in Iowa.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Beth on November 07, 2024

Small town kid, quirky but lovable adults, great cats, new friend, lovely voice. I really enjoy this kind of kidlit. I liked her utterly mistaken quest to have a smooth heart, I liked how she and her new friend respected each others fantasies, I even liked her conflict with her mom over what things......more

Goodreads review by The Page Ladies on June 03, 2024

The Wonderful Wishes of B is a sweet deep story full of hope and with some The Wizard of Oz references! Beatrice is a girl that is full of pain and is just looking for a way to escape it. The friendship between Beatrice and Caleb is delightful and I really enjoyed seeing the relationships between Be......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on July 16, 2024

There's a lot to like about this middle-grade novel, which is reminiscent in some ways of the classic Wizard of Oz. Ten-year-old Beatrice (B) Corwell has a menagerie of adopted cats named after the planets--eight in all!--who are devoted to her and follow her around. But what she doesn't have is her......more

Goodreads review by Deepi on June 12, 2024

I picked this book because of the cover. The cover is a wonderful illustration of a girl holding a cute little kitten and a bunch of cats following her. As a pet lover who has raised many cats myself, I was intrigued. The B in the title stands for Beatrice, an almost eleven-year-old girl. The story s......more

Goodreads review by Karen on May 30, 2024

My heart goes out to B and anyone, especially any child, that finds themselves wishing to stop feeling because feeling hurts too badly. B has a wish for each finger and one is B’s wishes is to turn into something that does not have feelings. The reader gets to discover the hurt and gets to discover......more


Quotes

"A pleasant and lightly fantastical story that will satisfy twee tastes." —Kirkus Reviews

"A whimsical and touching story about connection, grief, and learning to understand and live with one’s feelings." —Publishers Weekly