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Fairy Tale Retellings

The Trouble with Wishes

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  • 2007 first published
  • 32 pages
  • 4 editions
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Published in 2007, The Trouble with Wishes is a fairy-tale retelling short story by Diane Stanley. Much of the action takes place in Ancient Greece. It deals with sculptors, wishes, statues and pygmalion re-telling.

5 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 4 editions.

At about 32 pages, most readers finish it in about 35 minutes.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Ancient Greece

Subjects

  • Sculptors
  • Wishes
  • Statues
  • Pygmalion re-telling
  • Children's fiction
  • Fantasy fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote The Trouble with Wishes?

The Trouble with Wishes was written by Diane Stanley and first published in 2007.

What genre is The Trouble with Wishes?

It is usually shelved as Fairy Tale Retellings.

How long is The Trouble with Wishes?

The median edition has 32 pages, about about 35 minutes of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Trouble with Wishes?

Readers who like it often enjoy Ella Enchanted, The Looking Glass Wars and The Sleeper and the Spindle.

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